https://around.com/the-lie-of-ai/
Long read, it starts with Claude Shannon and Markov chains...
https://around.com/the-lie-of-ai/
Long read, it starts with Claude Shannon and Markov chains...
I mean, what do you want to do with it? If you want to use this as an actual printer for daily use, Iād get a laser printer instead, because theyāre very reliable and the print quality is top notch.
I got my dot matrix printer mostly for experiments and nostalgia, so I wouldnāt want to pay something like 300-400ā¬ for it.
I mean, what do you want to do with it? If you want to use this as an actual printer for daily use, Iād get a laser printer instead, because theyāre very reliable and the print quality is top notch.
I got my dot matrix printer mostly for experiments and nostalgia, so I wouldnāt want to pay something like 300-400ā¬ for it.
$n bytes are part of a bitmap imageā, and then this gets printed at whatever the current position is (somewhat similar to SIXEL in a terminal).Itās just that the *units* are a bit weird, because this is all done in bloody inch. š
$n bytes are part of a bitmap imageā, and then this gets printed at whatever the current position is (somewhat similar to SIXEL in a terminal).Itās just that the *units* are a bit weird, because this is all done in bloody inch. š
All I can say is, when I go to big stores like Amazon, then I have trouble finding ātraditionalā dot matrix printers for use at home. š Epson still sells them, but theyāre more expensive than my laser printer was. So yeah, they still exist, just expensive, by the looks of it.
All I can say is, when I go to big stores like Amazon, then I have trouble finding ātraditionalā dot matrix printers for use at home. š Epson still sells them, but theyāre more expensive than my laser printer was. So yeah, they still exist, just expensive, by the looks of it.
> ESC/P standard.
> because there is virtually no market for these devices anymore, meaning new ones are very, very expensive.
I think dot matrix printers are still pretty common in many Point of Sales (POS) registers right? At least here in AU they're very common. I had a quick look myself today, there seems to be quite a solid market for these types of printers. In fact even EPSON still sell Dot Matrix printers themselves š¤£
FWIW, I have an OKI Microline 3390eco. Good thing is, you can still buy new cartridges for it.
If you want to buy a new device, check if it supports the āESC/Pā standard. Thatās very widely supported.
FWIW, I have an OKI Microline 3390eco. Good thing is, you can still buy new cartridges for it.
If you want to buy a new device, check if it supports the āESC/Pā standard. Thatās very widely supported.
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https://discuss.python.org/t/diataxis-and-python-documentation/41836
Write bytes to a parallel port and stuff happens. If itās just ASCII bytes, then it will print ASCII text. Even the simplest programs can use a printer this way.
With a little bit of ESC/P, you can print images and other fancy stuff. Thatās what I did this morning ā never worked with ESC/P before, now I can print images. Itās not that hard.
Hayes-compatible modems are similar: Write some AT commands to the serial port and the modem does things. This isnāt even arcane knowledge, itās explained in the printed manual.
Maybe Iām wearing rose-tinted glasses here, but I think with all this old stuff, *you get useful results very quickly* and the manuals are usually actually helpful. Itās so much easier to get started and to use this hardware to the full extent. Much less complexity than what we have today, not a ton of libraries and dependencies and SDKs and cloud services and what not.
https://movq.de/v/4bd16cb3c7/tux1.jpg
https://movq.de/v/4bd16cb3c7/tux2.jpg
Write bytes to a parallel port and stuff happens. If itās just ASCII bytes, then it will print ASCII text. Even the simplest programs can use a printer this way.
With a little bit of ESC/P, you can print images and other fancy stuff. Thatās what I did this morning ā never worked with ESC/P before, now I can print images. Itās not that hard.
Hayes-compatible modems are similar: Write some AT commands to the serial port and the modem does things. This isnāt even arcane knowledge, itās explained in the printed manual.
Maybe Iām wearing rose-tinted glasses here, but I think with all this old stuff, *you get useful results very quickly* and the manuals are usually actually helpful. Itās so much easier to get started and to use this hardware to the full extent. Much less complexity than what we have today, not a ton of libraries and dependencies and SDKs and cloud services and what not.
https://movq.de/v/4bd16cb3c7/tux1.jpg
https://movq.de/v/4bd16cb3c7/tux2.jpg
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39 mĆŗsicas de bandas portuguesas, incluindo 7 que integram o catĆ”logo da ANTI-DEMOS-CRACIA:
. The Dreams Never End - Perdido
. Marciano - John Said
. Ameeba - Lizard Face
. Sci Fi Industries - TriVial
. Kokori ā Time Traveler (sedation mix)
. Turning Point ā Espelho
. Zero Ć Esquerda - Porque Tens Tanto Poder
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. The Dreams Never End - Perdido
. Marciano - John Said
. Ameeba - Lizard Face
. Sci Fi Industries - TriVial
. Kokori ā Time Traveler (sedation mix)
. Turning Point ā Espelho
. Zero Ć Esquerda - Porque Tens Tanto Poder
https://www.sinfonias.org/playlists/1961-playlist-podcast-23-agosto-2025
#kokori
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. The Dreams Never End - Perdido
. Marciano - John Said
. Ameeba - Lizard Face
. Sci Fi Industries - TriVial
. Kokori ā Time Traveler (sedation mix)
. Turning Point ā Espelho
. Zero Ć Esquerda - Porque Tens Tanto Poder
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I never used hardcopy terminals, either. We did have a dotmatrix printer, but that was just used as a regular printer.
Inkjets, I donāt know. They were pretty fascinating and cool when they came out. A lot faster than dotmatrix and obviously quiter. They never gave me much trouble, actually. But I switched to a laser printer long before crap like DRMāed ink cartridges became a thing.
I never used hardcopy terminals, either. We did have a dotmatrix printer, but that was just used as a regular printer.
Inkjets, I donāt know. They were pretty fascinating and cool when they came out. A lot faster than dotmatrix and obviously quiter. They never gave me much trouble, actually. But I switched to a laser printer long before crap like DRMāed ink cartridges became a thing.
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> A further check showed that all the network blocks are owned by one organizationāTencent [4]. I'm seriously thinking that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) encourage this with maybe the hope of externalizing the cost of the Great Firewall [5] to the rest of the world.
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> A further check showed that all the network blocks are owned by one organizationāTencent [4]. I'm seriously thinking that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) encourage this with maybe the hope of externalizing the cost of the Great Firewall [5] to the rest of the world.
I'm happy to see you compose your first twtxt message using ed on your new output device. We definitely need video proof of that! ;-)
Didn't bring my camera, I guarantee that it would have gotten soaking wet.
(One of the end goals is to simulate a hardcopy terminal on my old box. Iām waiting for another cable to arrive, I donāt have USB there. And then use
ed(1) like it was meant to be used! š
)https://movq.de/v/850e04ba36/VID_20250821_180801.mp4.mp4
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(One of the end goals is to simulate a hardcopy terminal on my old box. Iām waiting for another cable to arrive, I donāt have USB there. And then use
ed(1) like it was meant to be used! š
)https://movq.de/v/850e04ba36/VID_20250821_180801.mp4.mp4
https://movq.de/v/850e04ba36/closeup.jpg
https://thehousefoundation.bandcamp.com/track/nota
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