tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post1302386155400436734..comments2023-12-10T08:09:17.786+00:00Comments on Large blooming flower: Retro desktopJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-28558461588123374612015-03-03T02:02:14.463+00:002015-03-03T02:02:14.463+00:00I recently found an old floppy disc and FIFA 99...I recently found an old floppy disc and FIFA 99' which takes me back to the days when I was playing the latter when I should be finishing an essay stored on the formerLucie Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07099506232447224949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-41818289444838369852015-03-01T09:17:16.556+00:002015-03-01T09:17:16.556+00:00I loved our dot-matrix printer. My mother set it u...I loved our dot-matrix printer. My mother set it up properly and the quality of the stuff it produced still out-classes my bubble-jet printer that sits in the cupboard. We still have three boxes of tractor feed paper somewhere from when our local Halifax was chucking out paper back at the end of 1989...<br /><br />Thank you for the reminder!Joanna Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03765570687013090805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-1590904463479306522015-02-02T19:22:12.828+00:002015-02-02T19:22:12.828+00:00Then you may have seen some of those images formed...Then you may have seen some of those images formed using text instead of grey scales. My school computer lab had one of Marilyn Monroe, IIRC.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-41390020414918847762015-02-01T22:39:24.309+00:002015-02-01T22:39:24.309+00:00About the time that you were first using your dot ...About the time that you were first using your dot matrix printer, I had a daisy wheel one. The print quality was excellent... until the petals started breaking off. <br />Th n th r sults could b quit int r sting!Angie Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08882779021382371603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-76057828259975449172015-02-01T09:53:11.747+00:002015-02-01T09:53:11.747+00:00I haven't resurrected a modem to go with it th...I haven't resurrected a modem to go with it though :)<br /><br />The most noticeable thing is the amount of space freed up by the computer part of the whole setup being the size of a deck of cards.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-88550311730096079142015-02-01T06:26:39.696+00:002015-02-01T06:26:39.696+00:00Once heard never forgotten, the sound of a dot mat...Once heard never forgotten, the sound of a dot matrix printer.<br />:-)<br /><br />Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08410714441581467404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-73279257059929682212015-01-31T21:01:27.023+00:002015-01-31T21:01:27.023+00:00I think for the full retro experience I should hav...I think for the full retro experience I should have found a box of tractor feed continuous paper :)Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-16864062116965374202015-01-31T20:41:17.461+00:002015-01-31T20:41:17.461+00:00" random stuff-that-will-come-in-useful-somed..." random stuff-that-will-come-in-useful-someday. " Clearly a girl after my own heart. If only I had known that I could have adapted the old dot matrix printer from my Psion days... I have had two printers since which I loath in the extreme and only seem to exist to clog their heads and drain the bank balance when purchasing ink!Colinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667939789517989280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-83224688157770260312015-01-31T20:40:56.936+00:002015-01-31T20:40:56.936+00:00Way over my head Jenny, I have difficulty with com...Way over my head Jenny, I have difficulty with computer hardware unless it is plug and go and even then I get it wrong! <br /><br />Shirley Anne x Shirley Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11697497719791327675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-62936426278939156932015-01-31T20:36:15.876+00:002015-01-31T20:36:15.876+00:00This reminds me of the early 1990s in one of the o...This reminds me of the early 1990s in one of the offices where I worked. <br /><br />So, old machines never die. You'll be wanting my 2006-vintage Windows XP laptop one day!<br /><br />LucyLucy Melfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049627653901928427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-59678343016338770122015-01-31T20:35:59.017+00:002015-01-31T20:35:59.017+00:00This reminds me of the early 1990s in one of the o...This reminds me of the early 1990s in one of the offices where I worked. <br /><br />So, old machines never die. You'll be wanting my 2006-vintage Windows XP laptop one day!<br /><br />LucyLucy Melfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049627653901928427noreply@blogger.com