Dottleshead Posted June 27, 2018 Share #1 Posted June 27, 2018 I can't think of a worse user experience than this message on the device. Anybody want to take a gander as to what this means? Is it a menu? Is the PC getting loaded on letters? Is the device asking you to load letter? Letter envelopes? Paper? Post Alphanumeric letters? Is this a status message? Did I do something wrong or is this expected? Does it toggle states to UnPC and Unload and Unletter? Number? If I didn't know any better, I'd say this message was coded in by a wooden techno weenie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted June 27, 2018 Share #2 Posted June 27, 2018 You're the one with a high degree of faith in a large vocabulary, deal with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge Posted June 27, 2018 Share #3 Posted June 27, 2018 Why not just load some effin paper, azzclown! Or is it asshat? Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted June 27, 2018 Phew. I don't actually have this device. I just work in user interfaces, for fuck sake. But I highly approve of these responses. Now vocabulary tips are welcomed. I am sure you boys are packing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge Posted June 27, 2018 Share #5 Posted June 27, 2018 1 minute ago, Dottles said: Phew. I don't actually have this device. I just work in user interfaces, for fuck sake. But I highly approve of these responses. Now vocabulary tips are welcomed. I am sure you boys are packing. Please load letter-sized paper seems like the gist of that error. I can't remember if it actually showed up all the time for other sorts of nonsense, though. Just be happy it isn't flashing lights or a series of beeps. That old school method still rears its ugly head these days in some minimalist set-ups. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie Posted June 27, 2018 Share #6 Posted June 27, 2018 Abort, Retry, Fail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx Posted June 27, 2018 Share #7 Posted June 27, 2018 Did you have to make an input on the teletype or with a small deck of cards? If no STFU and harden up. Don't forget to clean the platter drive machine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr Posted June 27, 2018 Share #8 Posted June 27, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dottleshead Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share #10 Posted June 27, 2018 Just now, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: OMG. This one wins hands down. I too have experienced this horror though I've lived through it through decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dottleshead Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share #12 Posted June 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Did you have to make an input on the teletype or with a small deck of cards? If no STFU and harden up. Don't forget to clean the platter drive machine. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie Posted June 27, 2018 Share #13 Posted June 27, 2018 9 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Did you have to make an input on the teletype or with a small deck of cards? If no STFU and harden up. Don't forget to clean the platter drive machine. The paper tape people were the real poor bastards I bet! Thankfully just slightly before my time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx Posted June 27, 2018 Share #14 Posted June 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: The paper tape people were the real poor bastards I bet! Thankfully just slightly before my time. Mag tape machines are just as bad with their analog loop box servo systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie Posted June 27, 2018 Share #15 Posted June 27, 2018 Just now, maddmaxx said: Mag tape machines are just as bad with their analog loop box servo systems. VHS tape cassettes sort of sucked too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kzoo Posted June 27, 2018 Share #17 Posted June 27, 2018 Where’s @Dirtyhip, she’s responsible for loading paper. Not my job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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maddmaxx Posted June 27, 2018 Share #19 Posted June 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: VHS tape cassettes sort of sucked too! I remember our first HP desktop computers with dual data drives on what looked a lot like audio cassette tape. Soon after that I remember everyone crying about IBM forcing the industry to establish standards. Boy, did we need standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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donkpow Posted June 27, 2018 Share #21 Posted June 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Razors Edge said: Please load letter-sized paper seems like the gist of that error. I can't remember if it actually showed up all the time for other sorts of nonsense, though. Just be happy it isn't flashing lights or a series of beeps. That old school method still rears its ugly head these days in some minimalist set-ups. Tom Jesus Christ, man. Don't write a whole fucking book on the matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share #22 Posted June 27, 2018 51 minutes ago, donkpow said: Jesus Christ, man. Don't write a whole fucking book on the matter. tl;dr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted June 28, 2018 Share #23 Posted June 28, 2018 35 minutes ago, Dottles said: tl;dr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share #24 Posted June 28, 2018 I onced kicked Che's ass in a Cuban jungle. Guy was a waste-oid. Yes. Yes. It's a new game I am conjuring up in my head. Kill commie socialists. You entice them with Quarter Pounders and Big Macs. In 20 years they die of all sorts of diseases. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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