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echo: memories
to: KURT WEISKE
from: AUGUST ABOLINS
date: 2020-11-22 17:00:00
subject: HPs were built like tanks

Hello Kurt!

** On Sunday 22.11.20 - 08:37, Kurt Weiske wrote to August Abolins:


 KW>  Those old HPs keep on going. I worked at a company with
 KW>  probably 150 printers scattered around a campus of
 KW>  buildings. I had my new techs do a scavenger hunt, and
 KW>  one of the questions was to get a configuration page
 KW>  from the oldest printer on campus.

Sounds like fun. I like the sound of scavenger hunts that  
require a bit of research and resourcefulness.


 KW>  They found a Laserjet 4M with 500K+ pages on it. I
 KW>  didn't even know it was still running!

The configuration page was a good way to confirm success. But,  
could imagine that some other students could have sabotaged  
the competition by removing the paper or something.

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  ../|ug

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