Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Distros specifically designed for children Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 11:08:38 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: <20250530110838.00002ba0@gmail.com> References: <6831b9a7$0$8595$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <6832fab9$0$11442$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10102st$1j2ov$1@dont-email.me> <10131ao$28rgm$1@dont-email.me> <1015efc$2rf1i$5@dont-email.me> <1017d5j$3aupc$1@dont-email.me> <101ac66$1msej$1@news1.tnib.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 20:08:43 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5642927703448c0b14b376b43a2f42de"; logging-data="598083"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/p1QlK6UqF9IwCGaAwwCNp/hizYd2lCIk=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:81u93bQg8/qtgL/c37OU6J6TqzE= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:68014 On 30 May 2025 17:58:23 GMT rbowman wrote: > > Until the 90s, you were probably better off with a SERIAL > > printer. The old, rugged, LOUD, OkiData pin printers come to mind. > > Only a FEW special codes to shift between limited print modes - the > > drivers were kinda easy to tweak. > > When QA needed to test with a dot matrix printer I dug my old Oki out > of the shed. I'd forgotten how noisy it was. We had several sites > that used a Digi with 4 serial ports for the stuff that still was > RS-232. There's major airports in the US where you can still see those little dot-matrix Okis in active service, tucked away in a corner of the gate desk. Absolute champs.