#dotmatrix — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #dotmatrix, aggregated by home.social.
-
💻 Happy Nat'l IBM PC Day! — August 12, 2026
IBM PC Day, observed every August 12, commemorates the launch of the original IBM Personal Computer in 1981. IBM5150.net
#IBMPCDay #NatlToday #IBM #PC #1981 #8080 #8088 #8Bit #16Bit #MicroComputer #16kBRAM #RAM #ROM #Floppy #I/O #ISA #eISA #Serial #DotMatrix #BIOS #DOS #Prompt #CommandLine #OS #Intel #DialUp #BBS #ShareWare #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory
-
#genAI cranks out an endless stream of ugly, soulless, near-identical fliers, signs, and ads; used everywhere by the uncaring masses who have no design talent and no concern for aesthetics.
we had the same thing in the 80s. it was called The Print Shop.
#retrocomputing #applewriter #dotmatrix #tractorfeed #broderbund #c64 #appleIIe
-
#genAI cranks out an endless stream of ugly, soulless, near-identical fliers, signs, and ads; used everywhere by the uncaring masses who have no design talent and no concern for aesthetics.
we had the same thing in the 80s. it was called The Print Shop.
#retrocomputing #applewriter #dotmatrix #tractorfeed #broderbund #c64 #appleIIe
-
New font: NearlyQ
A rendering of a 9-pin “Near Letter Quality” dot matrix font. Derived from the character ROM of an Amstrad DMP3160 printer. somebody, somewhere, is probably still producing invoices like this I started work on this in 2017, revisited it in late 2018, forgot about it for a few years and then finally completed it in a couple of days in July 2026.
https://scruss.com/blog/2026/07/19/new-font-nearlyq/
#amstrad #dotmatrix #font #NearLetterQuality #nlq #otf #type #typography #RetroComputing
-
New font: NearlyQ
A rendering of a 9-pin “Near Letter Quality” dot matrix font. Derived from the character ROM of an Amstrad DMP3160 printer. somebody, somewhere, is probably still producing invoices like this I started work on this in 2017, revisited it in late 2018, forgot about it for a few years and then finally completed it in a couple of days in July 2026.
https://scruss.com/blog/2026/07/19/new-font-nearlyq/
#amstrad #dotmatrix #font #NearLetterQuality #nlq #otf #type #typography #RetroComputing
-
🚀 Dive into the thrilling world of ancient floppy disks and dot-matrix #nostalgia, as thousands of #Amiga #games await you—because who wouldn't want to relive the cutting-edge graphics of 1987? 💾🎮 It's like a time machine, but instead of the future, you're stuck in the pixelated past! 🕹️🤣
https://amigafreeware.downer.tech/ #floppydisks #dotmatrix #retro #gaming #pixelart #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Dive into the thrilling world of ancient floppy disks and dot-matrix #nostalgia, as thousands of #Amiga #games await you—because who wouldn't want to relive the cutting-edge graphics of 1987? 💾🎮 It's like a time machine, but instead of the future, you're stuck in the pixelated past! 🕹️🤣
https://amigafreeware.downer.tech/ #floppydisks #dotmatrix #retro #gaming #pixelart #HackerNews #ngated -
A question for retro tech bros:
My employer is still using an OKI dot matrix printer, model Microline 620, and an Epson dot matrix printer, model FX-890.
The OKI printer is not working, and the FX-890 will only print some screens, but not all.
It's an older Windows system, but I'm not sure which one, might be XPS.
In the "available printer list" all of the printer statuses are "idle", nothing in que.
What can be done to get Windows communicating again with the dot matrix printers?
TIA.
#tech #retrotech #windows
#dotmatrix #dotmatrixprinter
#microsoft #techquestions -
A question for retro tech bros:
My employer is still using an OKI dot matrix printer, model Microline 620, and an Epson dot matrix printer, model FX-890.
The OKI printer is not working, and the FX-890 will only print some screens, but not all.
It's an older Windows system, but I'm not sure which one, might be XPS.
In the "available printer list" all of the printer statuses are "idle", nothing in que.
What can be done to get Windows communicating again with the dot matrix printers?
TIA.
#tech #retrotech #windows
#dotmatrix #dotmatrixprinter
#microsoft #techquestions -
@gmc For my #amstradcpc I had the #epson lx-86 #dotmatrix printer with 9 needles.
Had much fun with trying out many of the ESC-p codes
```
print chr$(27) + "W"
```
to turn double width printing on or off. -
@gmc For my #amstradcpc I had the #epson lx-86 #dotmatrix printer with 9 needles.
Had much fun with trying out many of the ESC-p codes
```
print chr$(27) + "W"
```
to turn double width printing on or off. -
C64 Ultimate Printing: Print Shop Meets 2026 Convenience
#Commodore64 #C64Ultimate #MonroeWorld #MPS801 #ThePrintShop #DotMatrix #RetroComputing #8Bit #VintageComputing #Retrogaming
https://theoasisbbs.com/c64-ultimate-printing-print-shop-meets-2026-convenience/?fsp_sid=606 -
C64 Ultimate Printing: Print Shop Meets 2026 Convenience
#Commodore64 #C64Ultimate #MonroeWorld #MPS801 #ThePrintShop #DotMatrix #RetroComputing #8Bit #VintageComputing #Retrogaming
https://theoasisbbs.com/c64-ultimate-printing-print-shop-meets-2026-convenience/?fsp_sid=606 -
Praeception Rainbowcore
Another microtexture artwork from the same template as the last one.
#Geometric #GeometricArt #Glitch #GlitchArt #Glitchcore #Microtexture #DotMatrix #Abstract #AbstractArt #Digital #DigitalArt #DigitalAbstract #Art #Artwork #GIMP #AvantGarde #Retro #RetroFuturism #RetroAesthetic #Cyberpunk #CyberpunkAesthetic #Rainbow #Rainbowcore #Grid #Pattern #Pixels #PixelArt #MastoArt #ArtistOnMastodon
-
Praeception Rainbowcore
Another microtexture artwork from the same template as the last one.
#Geometric #GeometricArt #Glitch #GlitchArt #Glitchcore #Microtexture #DotMatrix #Abstract #AbstractArt #Digital #DigitalArt #DigitalAbstract #Art #Artwork #GIMP #AvantGarde #Retro #RetroFuturism #RetroAesthetic #Cyberpunk #CyberpunkAesthetic #Rainbow #Rainbowcore #Grid #Pattern #Pixels #PixelArt #MastoArt #ArtistOnMastodon
-
Praeception Mono
Microtexture-based artwork I made a while back. I drew a 4x4 pixel dot template by hand and then tiled before applying it to the base image to get that microtexture.
#Geometric #GeometricArt #Glitch #GlitchArt #Glitchcore #Microtexture #DotMatrix #Abstract #AbstractArt #Digital #DigitalArt #DigitalAbstract #Art #Artwork #GIMP #AvantGarde #Retro #RetroFuturism #RetroAesthetic #Cyberpunk #CyberpunkAesthetic #Grid #Pattern #Pixels #PixelArt #MastoArt #ArtistOnMastodon
-
Praeception Mono
Microtexture-based artwork I made a while back. I drew a 4x4 pixel dot template by hand and then tiled before applying it to the base image to get that microtexture.
#Geometric #GeometricArt #Glitch #GlitchArt #Glitchcore #Microtexture #DotMatrix #Abstract #AbstractArt #Digital #DigitalArt #DigitalAbstract #Art #Artwork #GIMP #AvantGarde #Retro #RetroFuturism #RetroAesthetic #Cyberpunk #CyberpunkAesthetic #Grid #Pattern #Pixels #PixelArt #MastoArt #ArtistOnMastodon
-
Behold the revolutionary #Chafa, where 21st-century #tech meets the artistic flair of a 1980s dot matrix printer. 🎨✨ Get ready to squint in awe at "reasonable approximations" of images, because who needs high-res when you have ANSI X3.64? 🙄🤦♂️
https://hpjansson.org/chafa/ #DotMatrix #Art #Retro #21stCentury #HackerNews #ngated -
Behold the revolutionary #Chafa, where 21st-century #tech meets the artistic flair of a 1980s dot matrix printer. 🎨✨ Get ready to squint in awe at "reasonable approximations" of images, because who needs high-res when you have ANSI X3.64? 🙄🤦♂️
https://hpjansson.org/chafa/ #DotMatrix #Art #Retro #21stCentury #HackerNews #ngated -
Dot matrix art display on the bottom of the cantilevered section of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
#photo #photography #cornell #buildings #architecture #art #museum #dotmatrix #blinkenlights
-
Dot matrix art display on the bottom of the cantilevered section of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
#photo #photography #cornell #buildings #architecture #art #museum #dotmatrix #blinkenlights
-
Ein kleines cables.gl Experiment mit einer Rastermatrix und einem Würfel, animiert mittels einer Sinuskurve.
-
I've got this vintage #Centronics to #Atari #SIO connector. The last time I tried it (last year sometime), I could LPRINT a line from BASIC, but line endings weren't correctly interpreted. (Unsurprising; Atari uses $9B as its line ending.)
Coming back to it today to see if the adapter was configured to interpret line endings correctly, I mostly got timeout errors in BASIC and twice only, some garbage, while trying to print.
(Printing via the parallel port on a Thinkpad 760CD running Windows NT4 works perfectly. So it's not the printer.)
Any tips on how to proceed further with troubleshooting this connector?
-
I've got this vintage #Centronics to #Atari #SIO connector. The last time I tried it (last year sometime), I could LPRINT a line from BASIC, but line endings weren't correctly interpreted. (Unsurprising; Atari uses $9B as its line ending.)
Coming back to it today to see if the adapter was configured to interpret line endings correctly, I mostly got timeout errors in BASIC and twice only, some garbage, while trying to print.
(Printing via the parallel port on a Thinkpad 760CD running Windows NT4 works perfectly. So it's not the printer.)
Any tips on how to proceed further with troubleshooting this connector?
-
We take so much for granted now. In 1982, you would have to fork over the cost of a new Nissan Sentra just to type the same letters you can type now with any e-waste dumpster laptop made in the last 20 years, a $50 inkjet printer, and an office suite you can download for free. But would you look as cool doing it? I would definitely love that #trs80 and the #dotmatrix printer for my collection. #retrocomputers #retrocomputing #radioshack #8bit #z80 #tandy #scripsit
-
We take so much for granted now. In 1982, you would have to fork over the cost of a new Nissan Sentra just to type the same letters you can type now with any e-waste dumpster laptop made in the last 20 years, a $50 inkjet printer, and an office suite you can download for free. But would you look as cool doing it? I would definitely love that #trs80 and the #dotmatrix printer for my collection. #retrocomputers #retrocomputing #radioshack #8bit #z80 #tandy #scripsit
-
Continua il recupero delle mie vecchie cassette! Questa copertina l'avrò sicuramente stampata con l'Amiga e probabilmente una stampante Commodore MPS ❤️
-
Continua il recupero delle mie vecchie cassette! Questa copertina l'avrò sicuramente stampata con l'Amiga e probabilmente una stampante Commodore MPS ❤️
-
@Lydie
It's now time to install Banner Mania! -
@Lydie
It's now time to install Banner Mania! -
I totally just bought a dot matrix printer with intent to bring into my office at work. Can't wait to hear my coworkers' reaction when I print something. Hell, I should bring in my IBM 5155 for bonus effect.
EDIT: Know what else this printer doesn't have? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_tracking_dots
-
I totally just bought a dot matrix printer with intent to bring into my office at work. Can't wait to hear my coworkers' reaction when I print something. Hell, I should bring in my IBM 5155 for bonus effect.
EDIT: Know what else this printer doesn't have? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_tracking_dots
-
Same image printed on a Panasonic 24pin #dotmatrix (via CUPS and a #raspberrypi3
Maybe we need a #shittyprinterchallenge ;)
#shittycamerachallenge(it does look a bit better on paper vs the scan. A little bit!)
-
Same image printed on a Panasonic 24pin #dotmatrix (via CUPS and a #raspberrypi3
Maybe we need a #shittyprinterchallenge ;)
#shittycamerachallenge(it does look a bit better on paper vs the scan. A little bit!)
-
First string printed!
-
First string printed!
-
Playing around with simulating old school dot matrix (and impact printer!) printer paper with the perforations and the registration holes and everything. #CSS #HTML #DotMatrix https://codepen.io/artlung/pen/ZYYNJOx
(with improved color from @Meyerweb ) (and alternate color from @tantek.com )
-
Playing around with simulating old school dot matrix (and impact printer!) printer paper with the perforations and the registration holes and everything. #CSS #HTML #DotMatrix https://codepen.io/artlung/pen/ZYYNJOx
(with improved color from @Meyerweb ) (and alternate color from @tantek.com )
-
Yes human, this thing still counts as a cat bed.
-
Also delivered were two wide-format dot matrix tractor feed printers!
These things are in rough shape: the foam padding is crumbling to dust, there's metal plating flaking off the rods, and they're just generally full of dust and debris and undoubtedly spider eggs. My relative insists that they work, though. When pressed, they explained that they worked perfectly thirty or forty years ago.
[Edit: forgot to add the pictures.]
-
Also delivered were two wide-format dot matrix tractor feed printers!
These things are in rough shape: the foam padding is crumbling to dust, there's metal plating flaking off the rods, and they're just generally full of dust and debris and undoubtedly spider eggs. My relative insists that they work, though. When pressed, they explained that they worked perfectly thirty or forty years ago.
[Edit: forgot to add the pictures.]
-
J'ai réparé mon imprimante matricielle ! 🎉
C'est une Star LC-10, elle imprimait un début de ligne et le chariot se bloquait avant que l'imprimante ne se mette en erreur.
J'ai vérifié l'alimentation, la commande du moteur du chariot, RAS.
Au final c'était un problème mécanique, j'ai graissé les éléments mobiles du chariot et j'ai fait tourner le ruban encreur dans sa cartouche avec une visseuse électrique, et ça m'a l'air bon maintenant !
Testé avec mon #Atari Mega STE et le traitement de texte Papyrus (et pas la bonne fonte!)
#dotmatrix #printer #retrocomputing -
J'ai réparé mon imprimante matricielle ! 🎉
C'est une Star LC-10, elle imprimait un début de ligne et le chariot se bloquait avant que l'imprimante ne se mette en erreur.
J'ai vérifié l'alimentation, la commande du moteur du chariot, RAS.
Au final c'était un problème mécanique, j'ai graissé les éléments mobiles du chariot et j'ai fait tourner le ruban encreur dans sa cartouche avec une visseuse électrique, et ça m'a l'air bon maintenant !
Testé avec mon #Atari Mega STE et le traitement de texte Papyrus (et pas la bonne fonte!)
#dotmatrix #printer #retrocomputing -
Specifications for the Epson LX-80 dot matrix printer from its manual. In 1984 these were fairly typical for 9 pin printers, though things like Near Letter Quality mode were less common (a mode that increased the effective resolution of each character: normal mode characters had to fit in a 8x9 grid, while NLQ characters had a denser 12x18 grid for the same size - this allowed 9 pin printers to stay relevant a bit longer though at the cost of printing speed).
-
Specifications for the Epson LX-80 dot matrix printer from its manual. In 1984 these were fairly typical for 9 pin printers, though things like Near Letter Quality mode were less common (a mode that increased the effective resolution of each character: normal mode characters had to fit in a 8x9 grid, while NLQ characters had a denser 12x18 grid for the same size - this allowed 9 pin printers to stay relevant a bit longer though at the cost of printing speed).
-
While I did order a new oooold stock ink ribbon cartridge for my printer, I decided to try the WD-40 trick to revive an old ribbon.
Verdict: it mostly works!
-
While I did order a new oooold stock ink ribbon cartridge for my printer, I decided to try the WD-40 trick to revive an old ribbon.
Verdict: it mostly works!
-
Why buy boring white paper when you could have glorious dull pastels reminiscent of the wardrobe choices of Miami Vice? Also, look at that font! Perfect 80s vibes.
My banners are going to look totally rad.
-
Why buy boring white paper when you could have glorious dull pastels reminiscent of the wardrobe choices of Miami Vice? Also, look at that font! Perfect 80s vibes.
My banners are going to look totally rad.
-
Well, internal test works - ribbon is pretty much dead but that was to be expected. Still, it sounds pretty good now. Will try to revive the ribbon.
Warning: might be loud.
Edit: Connected it to my Apple IIe's parallel printer card later on and I was able to print from BASIC. So it works.
-
Well, internal test works - ribbon is pretty much dead but that was to be expected. Still, it sounds pretty good now. Will try to revive the ribbon.
Warning: might be loud.
Edit: Connected it to my Apple IIe's parallel printer card later on and I was able to print from BASIC. So it works.