Takes me back to the 80s and those fanfold paper messages we used to make on a dot matrix printer.
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Takes me back to the 80s and those fanfold paper messages we used to make on a dot matrix printer.
Anyone in No.Cal have a wide carriage fanfold printer they would want to sell?
September 2, 2023 at 7:56 PM
Anyone in No.Cal have a wide carriage fanfold printer they would want to sell?
I was an undergrad in the 1980s and programming homework back then was printed out on green-and-white fanfold paper from the giant mainframe-attached printers. Some students would literally take someone else's work, cross out the name and write in their own. In pen. Laziness ain't new.
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I was an undergrad in the 1980s and programming homework back then was printed out on green-and-white fanfold paper from the giant mainframe-attached printers. Some students would literally take someone else's work, cross out the name and write in their own. In pen. Laziness ain't new.
I miss dot matrix printers with wide greenbar fanfold paper*. saved a fortune in wallpaper when I was debugging a program.
*narrow white fanfold was ok too especially for assembler/disassemblies but wide greenbar just does it for me
*narrow white fanfold was ok too especially for assembler/disassemblies but wide greenbar just does it for me
December 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I miss dot matrix printers with wide greenbar fanfold paper*. saved a fortune in wallpaper when I was debugging a program.
*narrow white fanfold was ok too especially for assembler/disassemblies but wide greenbar just does it for me
*narrow white fanfold was ok too especially for assembler/disassemblies but wide greenbar just does it for me
Spiral binding?!
The best option for loose-leaf paper is double-fanfold. There are other options than the Bradel case, though.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTyE...
The best option for loose-leaf paper is double-fanfold. There are other options than the Bradel case, though.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTyE...
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March 28, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Spiral binding?!
The best option for loose-leaf paper is double-fanfold. There are other options than the Bradel case, though.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTyE...
The best option for loose-leaf paper is double-fanfold. There are other options than the Bradel case, though.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTyE...
I miss #skeuomorphism. iPhone 2011. Not old enough to be #retrocomputing but still oldish.
The fanfold skeuomorph is pretty #retro though 😊
The fanfold skeuomorph is pretty #retro though 😊
November 16, 2024 at 7:02 AM
I miss #skeuomorphism. iPhone 2011. Not old enough to be #retrocomputing but still oldish.
The fanfold skeuomorph is pretty #retro though 😊
The fanfold skeuomorph is pretty #retro though 😊
context: 9.5in-wide (standard carriage) and A4 greenbar fanfold paper is - as far as I can tell - either discontinued or stunningly expensive. 14-inch, however...
October 25, 2024 at 1:22 AM
context: 9.5in-wide (standard carriage) and A4 greenbar fanfold paper is - as far as I can tell - either discontinued or stunningly expensive. 14-inch, however...
Apparently they can still get special pin-feed fanfold paper for it.
July 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Apparently they can still get special pin-feed fanfold paper for it.
[Searching through the fanfold printouts of my parents' ELIZA chats, trying to figure out what it told them that made me this way]
December 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
[Searching through the fanfold printouts of my parents' ELIZA chats, trying to figure out what it told them that made me this way]
Take your EO and fanfold it five ways and shove it where the Sun don’t shine. Yes I know that involves a diaper change.
May 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Take your EO and fanfold it five ways and shove it where the Sun don’t shine. Yes I know that involves a diaper change.
And fanfold tractor feed paper. What fun tearing off the perforated edges. Printer stand with a slot to feed the paper from a box on the floor.
I had a soundproofing box for my printer, which was of questionable value. So bulky.
I had a soundproofing box for my printer, which was of questionable value. So bulky.
January 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
And fanfold tractor feed paper. What fun tearing off the perforated edges. Printer stand with a slot to feed the paper from a box on the floor.
I had a soundproofing box for my printer, which was of questionable value. So bulky.
I had a soundproofing box for my printer, which was of questionable value. So bulky.
I can't find a photo of the first computer I ever used, but in uni I wrote MONECS Fortran using mark sense 80 column punch cards and waiting for the output at a printer not too far from the one pictured. Stood in line to feed the cards in, then getting the deck rejected. Painful.
November 14, 2024 at 6:28 AM
I can't find a photo of the first computer I ever used, but in uni I wrote MONECS Fortran using mark sense 80 column punch cards and waiting for the output at a printer not too far from the one pictured. Stood in line to feed the cards in, then getting the deck rejected. Painful.