We had a priority 1 incident (= the complete basis of our business is at risk, nobody can work anymore). The reason: at least 50 fax machines didn't work anymore ...

You're laughing? Well, in the department next to us, they still use dot matrix printers.

@g-m-f Fortunately not. We switched to tape cartriges a few years ago.

We had a fax modem thing 20 years ago, we could fax any shit from any app on any mac and receive any fax in email. Fucking hell the backwards bastards. Did i say bastards, i forgot the adjective. Useless bastards.

My school uses dotatrix printers till now (had to visit coz my sister still studies there)
My college uses dot matrix.
My bank uses dot-matrix
They are everywhere.

@g-m-f And, before you ask: After a little incident involving a vacuum cleaner and our customer database 7 years ago, we switched from magnetic-core memory to cutting edge SIPP.

@Framstag No, just kidding. But the fax incident was real. Unfortunately.

@flag0 It's a disaster in an open-plan office, because that annoying sound drills through your brain, and you can't focus your thoughts on the problem.

Hey, for some things, dot matrix printers are great. Especially when the guy that wrote the driver is down the hall. 😉

@OfficerHalf We're sitting next to the mailroom. In an open-plan office.

We use the official drivers, so the guy who wrote them, must be sitting on the other side of the ocean.

Side effect of those printers: the guys that work in that department are deaf like a stone because of the noise. That's why they're talking REALLY loud.