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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @ac91e25a Joke's on them, I don't even drive. But wait until I connect my cow-orker's scope to a secret ethernet network and start sending him messages.
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Clint | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d4b81373 Ah happy days, I used to send messages on laser printer VFDs
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1080cf53 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @ac91e25a @d4b81373 PC LOAD LETTER hack was a lot of fun.
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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @af279435 @ac91e25a Eh, what was that?
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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @af279435 @ac91e25a caveat: I know what the PC Load Letter message was about. Absolute PITA.
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Clint | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d4b81373 @af279435 PJL over Ethernet used to allow you to send custom messages to the display on HP printers, might still do, so you could send random weirdness to any printer you could contact via network.
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JamesB | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @af279435 @ac91e25a lp0 on fire was far better though.