28 May
1999
28 May
'99
4:16 p.m.
On Fri, 28 May 1999, James Willing wrote:
Probably went from '.' to '*' to '#' to ' '!
- don
Seems to me
that I recall just that approach in some of the early attempts
at printer graphics with CP/M.
Or in the case of some software I wrote WBW...
When some of the first letter-quality (daisy wheel and thimble) printers
came out, we quickly found that you could micro-step the print carriage and
platen.
Now, how many '.' fingers on the print wheels do you think we wore out once
we started teaching these printers to be plotters?!