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Re: HP split into two

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On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 11:30:42 PM UTC-5, Michael Black wrote:

> I thought in the days of cloth ribbons for typewriters, they were either 
> all the same, or just a few types.

There were actually quite a few types of ribbons for regular 
typewriters and not compatible, but it wasn't as crazy as it 
got for computer printers.  Talk about forced obsolescence--
by discontinuing an ink cartridge, they make a printer worthless
and one needs to buy a new printer.

Forle, some people were buying bottled ink and using a syringe
to inject the ink into a printer cartridge, thus getting twice
or triple the life out of it at a much cheaper cost.  If someone
did a lot of printing, I could see the savings in doing that;
even though it does seem like a messy pain.

(I tried using bottled ink with a fountain pen.  It was a lot
cheaper than cartridges, but messy and a nuisance.  There were
some good reasons fountain pens fell from grace.)



> But other electronic devices do it too.  Lots of cordless phones have a 
> battery pack, and they all seem different from others.  It comes as a 
> surprise to find some that use regular rechargeable batteries.  I found a 
> nice 6mp camera with enough zoom, but the battery is dead and it's not 
> standard.  So I can't even try the camera without spending money on it.


I got a new simple cordless phone, same brand as my old unit.  My old
one had a headset jack in which I plugged in a cheap headset so I
could drive and talk legally handsfree.  but on the new phone the
jack for the headset is slightly too big and won't work.  Fortunately,
I rarely drive and talk, but it would be nice to have the feature at
times.

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          Re: HP split into two Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-11-05 13:00 -0500
            Re: HP split into two "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2015-11-05 18:44 +0000
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          Re: HP split into two Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-11-05 21:16 +0000
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                Re: HP split into two Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-11-06 11:58 +0000
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                Re: HP split into two Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-11-06 19:30 +0000
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                Re: HP split into two Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-11-07 10:35 +0000
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                Re: HP split into two Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-11-07 13:59 +0000
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            Re: HP split into two Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-11-06 10:16 +0000
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