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Theemile
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This SD disposal conversation brings to mind a recent garage find of mine; My parents recently moved after they retired and "found" a bunch of boxes of mine in the process. One box contained my old printer for my Commodore 64; The Commodore itself is long since gone, but here is the printer. I looked at the ribbon, I had used less than 1/10th of the original ribbon, and found 2 spare ribbons new in plastic in the box.
So here is a printer; Aged to say the least, but working fine. I have spare ribbons, so it can work for me for years. It's not compatible with my modern pc, but I have the port schematics, and have the knowledge and ability to modify it to work with the modern pc with modified generic epson drivers.
But it's a 9pin black dot matrix printer, with speeds and quality that didn't impress in 1985. Yes, I can build an interface, but to do it right would not be pocket change, and would take me several days of research, planning and work. However, I can buy a low end color ink jet, photo quality printer for less than $20 and have it working in less than 10 minutes.
So, should I get the old printer working?
The answer for me was to yank the motors, gears and switches, and recycle the rest. I have several perfectly good working printers in the house and a new backup in storage, all light years better than this old relic. Should they all die, it would be better to replace them with a new printer, than to force that old printer to work.
Which goes along with the SDs. For most ideas, there is a better, cheaper solution at hand. For others, it is impractical or unachievable in the current situation. For others, they are a one-off solution, which might happen some day, but not now, and not for more than 1 or 2 of them.
AS for our 'negativity", don't attack us, attack the logic behind our arguments. Sway us with the reasons your concept might be plausible. Actually listen to our arguments, and if they are flawed, point out the flaw. Draw others to your side instead of throwing verbal stones at them.
Please note, you are hearing the same points from many different posters - why? As I and others have said previously, we have already had this discussion, and debated points logically to see if they were plausible. and in the end, most everybody has come to the same conclusion. However, if there is a flaw in the logic, WE WOULD RELISH a fresh viewpoint with a workable concept.
Last edited by Theemile on Mon Dec 19, 2016 5:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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RFC said "refitting a Beowulfan SD to Manticoran standards would be just as difficult as refitting a standard SLN SD to those standards. In other words, it would be cheaper and faster to build new ships."
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