• Mishmash2000@lemmy.nz
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    8 months ago

    When the printer ‘ran out of ink’ you wound the ribbon back onto the starting spool and ran it through again. The next time you might need to turn it upside down to get any more out of it.

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      8 months ago

      Yes! It was so basic & straightforward & intuitive. Now leave it to the big corporations to devise any method possible to turn consumable products into pure extortion methods.