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Re: Write-only devices (Was read only devices)
From: jeremyp () gsms01 alcatel com au (Peter Jeremy)
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 07:35:14 +1000
On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, Paul C Leyland <pcl () foo oucs ox ac uk> wrote:
Cheap 9-pin printers are simple, reliable and understandable.
Cheap and understandable I'll accept. `reliable' I won't - at least not at a system level (accepting data and producing a legible paper record). In my experience, dot-matrix pin-printers fail in the following ways: - the ribbon runs out - The ribbon creases or jumps a guide, producing white-on-white printouts - the paper runs out - the paper mis-stacks, jams the printer and results in a rectangular black blot. - the paper feed jams, tearing either the paper or the sprockets. - the print-head snags a paper-fold, tearing the paper. - ink dries out in the print-head, seizing the pins (this is unlikely in a logging printer though). Note that these problems happened using reputable brands of printers, with proper fanfold paper. Possibly the printer quality has improved in the last ten years... Their other major problem is lack of speed. This makes them far more susceptible to denial-of-service attacks.
Linux boxes are complicated and go wrong more often and in mysterious ways.
I'd agree with the more complicated. I don't think they go wrong any more often than printers. Peter ---- Peter Jeremy (VK2PJ) peter.jeremy () alcatel com au Alcatel Australia Limited 41 Mandible St Phone: +61 2 690 5019 ALEXANDRIA NSW 2015 Fax: +61 2 690 5247 PGP fingerprint: 2A C6 47 D1 BF 56 5A 10 CC 02 2D 89 EA 10 AA 40
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