Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Bob Hauck
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 17:22

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In article <4g6ebd$mfr@nyx.cs.du.edu>, kathomas@nyx.cs.du.edu (Karl Thomas) writes:
>danpop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) writes:

>>And it was repeated over and over again that background printing is not
>>supported for any printer.  Anybody knows why?
>
>It's not supported for the Imagewriter dot matrix printers.  But who 
>would use a dot matrix printer today?  If you're still using a dot matrix
>printer on the Mac in 1996.  CMT is the least of your problems.

Now that's a stupid comment.  What if he has to fill out forms?
Can inkjets and lasers make carbons now?  Or maybe it's working
and paid for.  Some of us can't afford the luxury of throwing out
perfectly good equipment.

Sheesh...this "old = obsolete = useless" theory that a lot of
people have is starting to get to me.

---
 Bob Hauck                                        bobh@wasatch.com
 Wasatch Communications Group               http://www.wasatch.com

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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: 18 Feb 1996 17:22:45 GMT
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