end of an era

[aczlan]

We have 2 left at work (dot matrix receipt and tractor feed printers on an A/B switch). Have another tractor feed printer (bought recently) which has a parallel port, but we use the network card to talk to it.

Aaron Z

 

[creekbend]

Technology is advancing at a rapid rate. A few months ago on the History Channel, it was stated that the Computer in the average cell phone today, is 5X more powerful than the Computers used by NASA during the Appolo 13 mission.

 

[MossRoad]

and as the cherry on top. the new usb printer is fighting with our accounting software.

reports print fine.

general documents from word..e tc. prints fine.

but in the accounting software.. the checks don't print.. it just continously spits paper.

ARGH.. been holding for tech supt for over an hour now. ...

if the drum for the last parallel job didn't cost 225$ I'd order another one.... and get back to work..

Just curious, what's the make and model of printer?

 

[MossRoad]

Technology is advancing at a rapid rate. A few months ago on the History Channel, it was stated that the Computer in the average cell phone today, is 5X more powerful than the Computers used by NASA during the Appolo 13 mission.

Heck, 15 years ago they said a 4 function calculator that you could buy for $5 at the grocery store checkout was more powerful than the computers on the lunar landing module.

 

[creekbend]

Heck, 15 years ago they said a 4 function calculator that you could buy for $5 at the grocery store checkout was more powerful than the computers on the lunar landing module.

I am older than You, but I remember when a Slide Rule was used in our Physics Class. I also remember when the people that wanted to become office workers would take Tying and Shorthand classes. Buy, have times changed.

 

[4shorts]

Do you remember this computer?

The Writer Automaton

 

[newbury]

Since this thread seems to be a trip down memory lane -
I worked at IBM Burlington (Vermont) in 1970-72. My job was in the place they sliced the wafers into separate chips. I was there when they had a bunch of French researchers come in and the big excitement was that they were able to get THREE transistors on a chip. A few years before that the plant had a large section where the ladies strung magnets on wire for memory.
I've read they get a lot more transistors on a chip today

 

[Rayster]

What about the Fortran card decks? Anyone remember those?

Yes, I do and the disk platters after those. I do not miss that line of work at all (it was a thankless job).

 

[farmgirl19]

What about the Fortran card decks? Anyone remember those?

Yes! I have always stunk at typing, and the keypunch cards drove me insane. COBOL and Fortran were considered "cutting edge".

After reading your posting Soundguy, it makes me glad that I never bothered to learn some of that stuff! :laughing: I still loved my DOS 5.01 though. For some reason, DOS made sense to me, where looking for a desktop icon, never has.

My first PC was a 386, with 4 MB of memory, that I upgraded to 6 and 64 cache to make it "fast". It would probably still be faster than I am with a computer, if it still existed! :laughing:

What is replacing printers and scanners? Should I be getting another 4 in one to "save", so that I don't have to learn something new, before the "bugs" are all worked out?

 

[murphy1244]

Yes! I have always stunk at typing, and the keypunch cards drove me insane. COBOL and Fortran were considered "cutting edge".

After reading your posting Soundguy, it makes me glad that I never bothered to learn some of that stuff! :laughing: I still loved my DOS 5.01 though. For some reason, DOS made sense to me, where looking for a desktop icon, never has.

My first PC was a 386, with 4 MB of memory, that I upgraded to 6 and 64 cache to make it "fast". It would probably still be faster than I am with a computer, if it still existed! :laughing:

What is replacing printers and scanners? Should I be getting another 4 in one to "save", so that I don't have to learn something new, before the "bugs" are all worked out?

How old are you?