4 Jun
2010
4 Jun
'10
10:45 a.m.
Ever ask a Fry's employee for a serial printer
cable?
No, but some 25 years ago I went into a local computer shop to attempt to
buy a serial cable to link my TRS-80 model 1 (with EI and RS232 board) to
a newly obtained Sanders 12/7 printer. They told me it was impossible to
link those 2 devices together, and tried to sell me another printer. I
just walked to the electronics shop nearby, bought a couple of connectors
and a length of cable and wired it myself...
Or ask ANYTHING about any OS prior to XP and OS/X?
PC-World (A chain of PC shops over here) certainly used to class Linux as
a book and not an operating system. Why I do not know. I also don't know
if they still do, I've not been in such a shop for many years.
How about CX toner cartridges?
Alas (for those of us with CX engined printers which can't be replaced by
anything more modern [1]), they haven't been made for many years.
[1] Such as the CX-VDO, the one with the direct interface to the print
engine and no formatter board. It's used on the PERQ, Atari ST (?), Acorn
Archimedes. etc.
-tony