Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
1473 followers · 106395 posts · Server mstdn.social@5SpeedFun some #Xerox #WorkCentre may be good options.
You'll likely fknd something like the #6515VDNI used for way under $300 (those got sold for like €350 about 10 yrs ago new)....
They just work, eating #PostScript as well as scan/mail/fax & print to/from #PDF on USB, eMail and SMB shares...
Not to mention their drvers support everything from MS-DOS, Solairs and AIX to macOS 7 and up and OFT Windows from 95 up and Linux...
The latter one doesn't even need extra drivers, just plug & play.
#pdf #postscript #6515vdni #workcentre #xerox
We have a top-of-the-range #Xerox machine here in the #Microsoft office...
...but it's set up so that there are very few options on there and anything you scan is harshly reduced in resolution, quality, and file-size.
Just tried to scan a photo at the best possible resolution and it looks like it was taken on a web cam in the 90s.
Utterly useless for anything other than scanning letters.
konsensor :mastodon: · @konsensor
139 followers · 878 posts · Server social.tchncs.de
Rich Johnson · @nixternal
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konsensor :mastodon: · @konsensor
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Sundew · @sundew
23 followers · 457 posts · Server mstdn.social
Does anyone know if JPEG XL encoders can be prone to the infamous JBIG2 "Pattern Matching & Substitution" region-reuse issue, that so badly affected Xerox copiers?
Simon · @moss
10 followers · 49 posts · Server mastodon.scot#Xerox scanners/photocopiers randomly alter numbers in scanned documents (2013) https://www.dkriesel.com/en/blog/2013/0802_xerox-workcentres_are_switching_written_numbers_when_scanning
Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
1271 followers · 84194 posts · Server mstdn.social@himbovoorhees @lori @Aglaia89 @njudah
I'm just gald that #hp stuff works with everything out of the box - including even ancient and latest #Linux distros...
The only machines with better compatibility are #NeedlePrinters and #Xerox #WorkCentre Laser machinces, cuz those even come with #MSDOS, #OS2 and #Unix drivers for obscure stuff like #Solaris 7.x #HPUX and #AUX...
#aux #hpux #solaris #Unix #os2 #msdos #workcentre #xerox #needleprinters #Linux #hp
Poetry News · @haikubot
791 followers · 8428 posts · Server mastodon.cloud
We praise the Ethernet's speed
A marvel of computing we need
From 3Mbps to 100Gbps
Thanks to Xerox PARC
A timeless invention, indeed
#xerox #computing #ethernet #innovation #ode #poetry
Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
1152 followers · 76084 posts · Server mstdn.social@sinituulia personally, #AllInkjetsAreBad and noone should even consider buying one - from no manufacturer.
Get yourself a #Xerox colour laser and if you dislike the yellow microdots, either get a B&W one or print on yellow paper...
Cuz all good #Inkjet printers are decades-long out of production...
#inkjet #xerox #allinkjetsarebad
(((o))) Acoustic Mirror · @acousticmirror
871 followers · 10955 posts · Server post.lurk.org
Woodoo Prod · @WoodooProd
116 followers · 1214 posts · Server mastodon.cloudThe invention of the GUI, especially in the form of windows, icons, menus, and pointer (WIMP), controlled by a mouse, occurred at Xerox PARC in the 1970s, on the Alto, a computer with a bitmapped graphics display designed to be used by a single person, i.e. a “personal computer..
https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-lisa-apples-most-influential-failure/
#oldcomputers #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #computers #history #xerox #xeroxpark #paloalto #apple #macintosh #msdos #cpm #wimp #smalltalk
#oldcomputers #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #computers #history #xerox #xeroxpark #paloalto #apple #macintosh #msdos #cpm #wimp #smalltalk
Jason Pester (GameDev) · @jay
311 followers · 416 posts · Server mastodon.gamedev.place
While cleaning up my emails, I noticed this link from the Computer History Museum (CHM) newsletter... 👀
Lisa: Steve Jobs’ sabotage and Apple’s secret burial | FULL DOCUMENTARY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZjbNWgsDt8
#Apple #Lisa #Macintosh #Mac #MacXL #MacOS #macOS #AppleProVision #ProVision #GUI #UI #UX #Xerox #PARC #XeroxPARC #Alto #HCI
#apple #lisa #macintosh #mac #macxl #macos #appleprovision #provision #gui #ui #ux #xerox #parc #xeroxparc #alto #hci
Mark Gardner :sdf: · @mjgardner
657 followers · 4045 posts · Server social.sdf.org
@barubary @randomgeek Yep. See https://www.theverge.com/2013/8/6/4594482/xerox-copiers-randomly-replacing-numbers-in-documents
Full account of #Xerox copiers mangling numbers here: https://www.dkriesel.com/en/blog/2013/0802_xerox-workcentres_are_switching_written_numbers_when_scanning
They used the #JBIG2 image format’s lossy “pattern matching & substitution” method that substitutes previously-encoded characters if they look enough like the one currently being encoded.
Daniel AJ Sokolov · @newstik
364 followers · 926 posts · Server social.heise.deDieser Zero-Day ist über fünf Jahre nach Veröffentlichung immer noch ungefixt - da darf sich #Xerox nicht wundern, wenn sie keine Xerox-Alto mehr verkaufen!!1elf
https://www.heise.de/news/XeroxDay-Zero-Day-Schwachstelle-bei-Xerox-Alto-gefunden-1elf-3934443.html
#Geschichte #IT #Sicherheit #0day #Archiv #Disketten #Passwort #Bug @kenshirriff
#xerox #geschichte #it #sicherheit #0day #archiv #disketten #passwort #bug
Andrew Shields · @AndrewShields
88 followers · 895 posts · Server mas.toAn only partly apocryphal story about Xerox’s early work on personal computers. #111Words #Xerox #PaloAltoResearchCenter #PersonalComputers #LanguageLog https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/05/an-only-partly-apocryphal-story-about.html
#languagelog #personalcomputers #paloaltoresearchcenter #xerox #111words
Coffeecupguy · @coffeecupguy
3 followers · 100 posts · Server universeodon.com#XEROX company in financial trouble due to the high cost of pet food. Company blames problems on too many copycats...
Bill Janssen · @billjanssen
61 followers · 442 posts · Server writing.exchange@jbzfn
It was fun while it lasted, but the folks at Xerox proper didn't seem to know what they wanted to do. Read Paul Strassman's book for a view of the situation from Rochester.
https://www.amazon.com/Computers-Nobody-Wanted-Years-Xerox/dp/1427632707
Histoire des inventions.com · @histoireinvent
37 followers · 681 posts · Server h4.io27 avril 1981: #Xerox présente la souris pour ordinateur avec sa station de travail Xerox Star. #histoire #cejourla #invention
#xerox #histoire #cejourla #invention
