Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nuchat!sugar!peter
From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Nothing to do with Amiga and MIDI
Message-ID: <1325@sugar.UUCP>
Date: 28 Dec 87 01:01:53 GMT
References: <2490@gryphon.CTS.COM> <1268@sugar.UUCP> <864@neoucom.UUCP>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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Summary: Sheer insanity

In article <864@neoucom.UUCP>, wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes:
> Unfortunately, much of the work that I do must be done in the land
> of blue pinstripes.  Curiously, serveral of the more popular word
> processing programs expect one to attach HP laserjets via the
> serail port eventhough one would presume that the parallel port
> would be faster.  If one insists on using the parallel port by
> redirecting the serial port, the printer will print, but the out-
> put will be braindamaged with margins off, underlines goofed, etc.

I can't believe this. The whole world must be totally loony-tunes.

First of all, conventional printers (a slow device) typically come with
a very fast interface that they can't even begin to take advantage of, but
restrictes them (theoretically) to within 6 feet of the computer.

Then a laser-printer (a fast device) is forced by a bunch of brain damaged
programs to use the slower RS232 interface, even though it's perfectly capable
of taking advantage of any data rate you care to ship it. Also, since it's
usually not run unattended it wouldn't matter if it was forced to be close to
the machine.

I have no idea how things like this happen. It's a wonder that anything ever
comes out un-fubar.
-- 
-- Peter da Silva  `-_-'  ...!hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!sugar!peter
-- Disclaimer: These U aren't mere opinions... these are *values*.