If we're sharing stories, :) I'm still a proud owner and user of an Apple //e (8-bit computer for those of you who came into the Apple crowd after the Mac was introduced.)
I obtained a Panasonic laser printer that's HPII compatible (and yes it too is still in use.) I had reason to print out boldface italic on the printer, and regardless of how I configured AppleWorks (the "real" one, not the ClarisWorks renaming - am I showing a slight bias here? :) ), I couldn't get the laserprinter to print out this combo. I thought this was strange since I could do it on my dot-matrix printer. So I called Panasonic's tech support, and got a gent who first couldn't believe that I was using their products with anything Apple. Then he asked which machine. "Nope, totally incompatible." Then he asked what program. "Nope--simply won't work." I asked him to please contact the instructor for the class I was taking when I was working on a Master's degree and request that the Instructor return that 12-page paper I had turned in the day before, because "obviously" I could never have printed it out using the setup I was calling about. Stunned silence. He then asked if I could by chance send a hex dump of a text page. Which I could and did. It took my conversation to break him out of his peecee-only mode and realize that the printer didn't care where it got the proper esc-codes and ascii info from, as long as it was in the proper format. And like I said that computer/printer combo still works fine even now. Oh--and the bold italics? Turns out that that combo was the only one the programmers left out of that printer's ROM and that unlike a DM printer, codes aren't additive, so no bold italic in native print mode. Oh well. :) Later.................Howard -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
