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From: carlc@tektronix.UUCP (Carl Clawson)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: funny printer
Message-ID: <5192@tektronix.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 12-Mar-85 15:33:56 EST
Article-I.D.: tektroni.5192
Posted: Tue Mar 12 15:33:56 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 15-Mar-85 02:24:56 EST
Reply-To: carlc@tektronix.UUCP (Carl Clawson)
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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Ok, DEC, I've refrained so far from flaming you, but this has gone
too far.  No, this is not about VMS vs. UNIX or customer service
or how to tell which of your tires is flat.

It's about a printer:  the LA100.

I allowed you to get away with calling it "letter-quality."  We all know
that dot-matrix printers rarely if ever qualify, but overlooking that --
the ribbon SMUDGES THE HECK out of the paper as the print head moves!
(Everyone who has an LA100 knows this and no one including the local
DEC service guy has a fix!  DEC personnel, or anyone for that matter,
are welcome to try to prove this statement wrong.)

But that's not what really gets me.  You know what really gets me???
The digit "1" (one) is indistinguishable from the letter "l" (lower
case ell).  I don't mean close, I mean an identical dot pattern!
Yaaaaarrrrrgggggghhhhhhh!!!!!!

No further comment.

--  Carl   ..tektronix!carlc