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Somewhere in my apartment there is the user manual for an Apple LaserWriter NT from 1992. The preamble to the printer manual (yes, printers came with 300 page
by cstross 12y ago
Somewhere in my apartment there is the user manual for an Apple LaserWriter NT from 1992.
The preamble to the printer manual (yes, printers came with 300 page printed paperback manuals in those days!) included instructions such as "do not expose your LaserWriter NT to rain or adverse weather conditions; do not operate your LaserWriter NT in the shower".
Presumably due to an idiot lawsuit following an incident when someone under the misapprehension that heavy electrical appliances and water were a perfectly safe combination ...
- rsfinn 12y agoFamously, from the definition of "drool-proof" (http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/D/drool-proof-paper.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/D/drool-proof-paper.html): "Do not expose your LaserWriter to open fire or flame." The closest actual source I can find quickly is this printout from the LaserWriter II manual, which states (more reasonably) "Don't use devices that produce open flames, such as Bunsen burners or welding torches, near the LaserWriter II." (https://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/user/sly/Laserwriter/0303215LWIINTNTX.PDF https://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/user/sly/Laserwriter/0303215L...) [updated with more precise references]