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[BrowneIssue]

ASCII lpt graphs... I used to write programs to do various statistical analyses of device characteristics... really tedious stuff.

I was doing it in CIS COBOL. When we got a Mannesmann Tally dot-matrix printer with barcode-printing ability, our graphs improved hugely.

 

[BrowneIssue]

... using overlays to fit it all into a 16k memory partition...

Just as I believe you should have to ride a motorbike before being allowed to drive a car, the world would be a much better place if all C programmers had learned to work with memory management techniques.

 

[BrowneIssue]

I was doing graphs with a Centronics 306 printer which had a choice of UPPER CASE OR UPPER CASE...

The 'posh printer' option at college (as opposed to the band printer) had lower case, different typefaces, italics, etc. You just had to change the gold ball.

 

[BrowneIssue]

The 'posh printer' option at college (as opposed to the band printer) had lower case, different typefaces, italics, etc. You just had to change the gold ball.

It comes back to me...

text, <BEL>, <XON>

printer prints, beeps and stops. Change golf ball. ^Q on its keyboard ('cos it could be used as a teletype).

text, <BEL>, <XON>

and so on.

 

[BrilloPad]

Just as I believe you should have to ride a motorbike before being allowed to drive a car, the world would be a much better place if all C programmers had learned to work with memory management techniques.

I disagree. That way I get to feel superior quite often...

 

[FiveTimes]

Hi all

Hope everyone had a good christmas

 

[BrowneIssue]

Did you have an APL golf ball?

I don't know. I do recall having to slide it back onto the middle of its desk every half page or so to stop it walking off sideways.

 

[BrilloPad]

Hi all

Hope everyone had a good christmas

Hi 5*



I had a great time thanks - and you?

 

[BrilloPad]

55800?

 

[BrilloPad]

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