On Mon, 23 Dec 1996, John Payson wrote:

> was simply that it would have been less of a departure from the old paradigm
> of they'd made it so that the pullup was mega-stiff only briefly when the
> line made a transition and was otherwise only moderately stiff.

Somehow out of all that I had gotten the impression you were wishing that
they'd specified that sort of drive 'way back when - no wonder this whole
conversation has been confusing to me!

> Heh... though some of the equipment then was pretty impressive.  For example,
> there are times when I have a lot of source code to print out and I'm waiting
> for the HP LJ/4p's to print (4ppm) when I've wished I had one of those nice
> old fashioned chain printers next-door (I don't think I'd want one in _MY_
> office...)

<shudder>  Next door is too close.  Third building over is about right,
and by then it has to be a pretty large printout for this to be a win
unless you consider the other benefits of getting up and walking away
from the 'puter once in a while.

Hey, Merry Christmas, all!