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They did but were rather small and unreliable - for instance around 300-500 MB and could easily die. People printed stuff for the same reason books exist - stor
by gumballindie 3y ago
They did but were rather small and unreliable - for instance around 300-500 MB and could easily die. People printed stuff for the same reason books exist - storage and mobility, neither of which were easily available. I used to print source code just to review in silence. Might print backup emails to ensure durability.
- yreg 3y ago> for instance around 300-500 MB I mean, that's more than enough for text downloaded from a usenet group. Printing that much plaintext out would be something.