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Re: tlug: Mew on (X)Emacs the way to go?



>>>>> "Jonathan" == Jonathan Byrne <jq@example.com> writes:

    Jonathan> On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Andrew S. Howell wrote:
    >> Hey, I worked on one of those. It may have been old, but it
    >> could waste trees at a blinding rate. There wasn't an IC in the
    >> whole

    Jonathan> You're joking, right?  Revolving drum printers are the
    Jonathan> slowest line printers around. 

Actually, dredging up memories of a scary past, you might be right
about printing speed. I do remember distinctly though, that when the
printer got itself into a tizzy, and decided to just form-feed
continuously, as this particular printer was wont to do, it would very
quickly go through a box of paper. I would return from a coffee break
to find paper all over the floor.

    Jonathan>  Even the slowest chain printer I've ever used was
    Jonathan> faster.  The one we had was a Data Products unit, as
    Jonathan> were the antique chain printers.  What make were the
    Jonathan> ones you used?

This was a Data Products as well.

    Jonathan>   Which navy data center did you work in?

I worked in an ASWOC, Anti-Submarine-Warfare-Operations-Center. I was
last stationed in Misawa. 

Andy

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