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>> Sure, but he cut stuff like printers, cameras, and other crazy crap they used to make. Dunno if there are other fogeys like me who remember the days going b
by slantyyz 10y ago
>> Sure, but he cut stuff like printers, cameras, and other crazy crap they used to make.
Dunno if there are other fogeys like me who remember the days going back to the Imagewriters, Stylewriters and Laserwriters -- those were fantastic printers in the pre-USB era where third party printer pickings were quite slim for Apple users.
In the late 80s, you could even get a third party scanner in the shape ink cartridge called a Thunderscan for the Imagewriter.
- GuiA 10y ago> In the late 80s, you could even get a third party scanner in the shape ink cartridge called a Thunderscan for the Imagewriter. That was indeed very cool. The much lower complexity of the technology involved is what made these kind of feats possible tho- there's no way you could pull off something like that in this age of hyper miniaturized, specialized hardware components- that's why something like Project Ara was doomed from the start.
- bbarn 10y agoThere's a picture of me as a teen on my outbound "laptop" struggling to get one hooked up somewhere. That roller-bar mouse thing though, that's what stands out :)