Re: Distros specifically designed for children

On Fri, 30 May 2025 03:43:31 -0400, c186282 wrote:

   Until the 90s, you were probably better off with a SERIAL printer.
   The old, rugged, LOUD, OkiData pin printers come to mind. Only a FEW
   special codes to shift between limited print modes - the drivers were
   kinda easy to tweak.

When QA needed to test with a dot matrix printer I dug my old Oki out of
the shed. I'd forgotten how noisy it was. We had several sites that used a
Digi with 4 serial ports for the stuff that still was RS-232.

https://www.digi.com/products/networking/infrastructure-management/serial-
connectivity/device-servers/portserverts

The public safety industry isn't exactly cutting edge in general. Some of
them do their shopping on ebay to keep the old equipment going. It got the
job done 30 years ago and still does if you can find spare parts.