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So I dug out my old dot-matrix printer

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Mixolydian said:
It uses a Macintosh serial port, but it is really just a standard serial interface and will work with pretty much any computer. Just uses ASCII commands to print. No special drivers or anything are needed. In my case, I have it connected to an old Power Mac G4. But I've also used it with a computer running Windows 7.
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Ha! That's cool! You have to manually add it though? I'm assuming it's not plug and pray lol.
 
Kyle said:
thread made me shudder...first job as a 15 yr old kid had our work orders print out through one of those...horrible sound
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Blasphemy! It sounds just as good or even better than the "dial-up" modem sound! :awe:

BUTCH1 said:
I think I still have a few "5 floppy drives laying around, should I start a thread about a 30yr old useless, unwanted storage device?.
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If you want to, sure, why not.

Wyndru said:
Ha! That's cool! You have to manually add it though? I'm assuming it's not plug and pray lol.
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The drivers were built in to Mac OS so nothing special was required.

For Windows, you can use the generic "Text Only" driver that comes built-in and it works flawlessly.
 
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