On Friday 04 January 2008, Ric Moore wrote: >On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 06:41 +0900, John Summerfield wrote: >> Ric Moore wrote: >> > On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 09:11 +0900, John Summerfield wrote: >> >> Ric Moore wrote: >> >>> Among the things I wonder about, I wonder how they can sell a >> >>> cartridge without noting the amount of fluid the cartridge contains? >> >>> It would be nice for costing purposes. A damn can of frozen orange >> >>> juice has to list the amount of it's contents. Why not an ink >> >>> cartridge?? :) Ric >> >> >> >> http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&c2coff=1&safe=active&q=%22hp >> >>+38%22+capacity&btnG=Search >> > >> > I ran that search on an HP92 and found that the cartridge is good for >> > 175 pages @ 20 bucks!! Jeeeeeesus. My Teletype 43 would print several >> > cases of paper before even starting to dim. Sure, print quality is >> > hugely better, but not by that wide a margin. wayward4now.net will be >> > back up once the satellite is installed. Then, I'll pang on some heads. >> > :) Ric >> >> How would a photo look printed on your Teletype 43? > >Ha! I had an NEC SpinWriter that could use a routine to hammer, using >the period (.), out a graphic. BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG!! >The printer damn near shook itself off the printer table. I forgot that >I had a carbon ribbon in it and it ate that up during the process. Cloth >ribbons tended to last forever, until you pounded it into submission >with periods doing pictures. :) Ric > Legend has it that my old 1650-ro could do that too, but I was never able to locate the routine, and I suspect the ribbons were probably paying off whoever might have posted it anyway. That would be death on a one time carbon film, with film at 11 sure as hell. >-- >================================================ >My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: >"There are two Great Sins in the world... >..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. >Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. >Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ >http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar >http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too >================================================ -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Remembering is for those who have forgotten. -- Chinese proverb
