Yesterday, 09:59 AM
(Yesterday, 07:35 AM)denzjos Wrote:(12-22-2024, 05:58 PM)Ofnuts Wrote:(12-22-2024, 01:47 PM)sallyanne Wrote: I always thought that was a printer until last nightÂ
For those who worked with page printers in the late 70s, there wasn't much difference. Getting a clean page out was a matter of luck.
The old days....At that time, someone from the computer club came up with the idea of printing colors with a needle printer. Change the ribbon color each time and reprint on the same paper. Usually the result was an abstract, semi-transparent colored sheet of paper
The first IT project I worked on was for operations in a nuclear plant. The system would output a page with a list of switches and valves to turn off before maintenance. After maintenance, for tests, a slightly different set would be used. Before computers, they would just cross out things in the original sheet, so they asked to project to take the initial sheet, put it back in the printer and cross things out, the sheet having been folded and carried in someone's pocket for the day. Needless to say this didn't go well and we had to introduce these people to the Ways of the Computer.