Paul Fenwick on Nostr: I'm sorry if you're of the generation that's never used a dot-matrix printer. I still ...
I'm sorry if you're of the generation that's never used a dot-matrix printer. I still remember mine from the 80s and 90s, and they were dope AF:
- Made cool sounds when printing
- Paper as a perforated form-feed, and tearing the perforations after printing was *so* satisfying
- You could re-ink your own ribbons with whatever ink you had at hand
- Manufacturer wasn't trying to screw you at every possible term
- Software focused on birthdays cards and banners, not "business" or "out of cyan"
- Made cool sounds when printing
- Paper as a perforated form-feed, and tearing the perforations after printing was *so* satisfying
- You could re-ink your own ribbons with whatever ink you had at hand
- Manufacturer wasn't trying to screw you at every possible term
- Software focused on birthdays cards and banners, not "business" or "out of cyan"