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Even paper glows (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Dot matrix FTW

[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 months ago

Then they'll just identify you by the sound of the printer being audible from down the street.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

They even sound better

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Are those still being made? Can a consumer buy one?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't think they make them anymore but unsurprisingly most are still functionnal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The challenge would be to find paper for it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

You can still buy both the printer and paper on Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

They are still used in finance. There are a lot of antiquated technologies finance still uses because some random broker with millions of dollars on his book of business just says “nah, I am not using the new stuff”.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

I know Tom Scott was able to buy one brand new on Amazon a few years back.

Link to him talking about it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, see Amazon.