Mikrh Didaktikh Prwtoxroniatikh Istoria

[Efthimios Mavrogeorgiadis]

Mikrh Didaktikh Prwtoxroniatikh Istoria
h' allews
Dhmosia Dhlwsh Metanoias

Mia fora ki enan kairo htan enas ka8hghths agglikwn pou h8ele na dinei stous
ma8htes tou omorfa ektupwmena diagwnismatakia. Agorase, loipon, enan wraio
ektupwth HP LaserJet 6L. Afou metrhse ta wraia tou dekaxiliarikakia mprosta
se mia nostimoula tamia, ton parelabe kai ton metefere sto spiti tou.

Kati omws ton talanize. Htan oi psiloi pou tou eixan balei sta autia kati
filarakia, melh profanws ths pempths falaggas gnwstou xeirourgikou (syggnwmhn,
leitourgikoy) systhmatos. O dialogos pou eixe mazi tous akomh anthxouse st'
autia tou:

- Bre, ti to 8es to Linux;
- Exw bare8ei, re paidia, na rwtaw ton eauto mou ka8e fora pou 3eninw ta Widows
"How do you want to crash today?"
- Ma ti les twra; Ta Widows einai apla! Prosferoun ena swro programmata.
Briskeis xilia duo klepsi-copies. Exoun kai plug 'n' play!
- Den 3erw. Exw bare8ei na kanw epanegkatastash ka8e ena-duo mhnes kai opote
tuxei na alla3w kati apo to configuration tou ypologisth mou. E3alou, 8elw na
zhsw timia apo dw kai mpros!

Auth ki an htan dhlwsh! Pantws, twra pou eixe ton kainourio ektupwth mprosta
tou eixe arxisei kai pali n' anarwtietai mhpws eixe kanei la8os. Sto katw-katw
ti 3erei autos apo upologistes; Psilopramata.

Topo8ethse, loipon, ton ektupwth panw sto grafeio tou kai 3ekinhse ta Widows!!!
Eixe, blepete, kai tis diskettes ths HP mprosta tou kai ola emoiazan toso
eukola. Ola phgan kala kata th diarkeia ths egkatastashs. Ta Widows brhkan ton
kainourio ektupwth kai oi diskettoules ekanan opws eprepe th douleia tous.
Epipleon, h dokimastikh selida ektupw8hke apsoga. Oi amfibolies eixan arxisei
na apoktoun sarka kai osta. "Bre," skefthke, "mpas kai ton exoume adikhsei ton
Billy;"

Ekane reset kai enoiwse to pneuma tou Billy na gemizei to dwmatio. Etre3e to
Word gia mia akomh dokimastikh ektupwsh kai epitelous!!! H mounth apogeumatinh
peripeteia tou ka8hghtakou ston kosmo twn Widows apekthse endiaferon. "Word
cannot change printers. No printer installed." To pagkosmiws gnwsto systhma
Xwsto kai Pai3to (aka PnP) twn Widows eixe kanei pali to 8auma tou. Bebaia sthn
prokeimenh periptwsh o hrwas mas den h3ere ti na prwtoxwsei kai ti na
prwtopai3ei alla auto einai mia allh 8liberh istoria.

Telos pantwn, afou skefthke oti mporei na einai problhma tou Word etre3e to
WordPad. Ekei ola doulepsan roloi. Anoi3e to arxeio, edwse ektupwsh,
emfanisthke to mhnuma "printing page 1, 2, 3 klp" alla akomh perimenei na
emfanistoun oi selides (oxi, o printer htan anoiktos kai etoimos gia ektupwsh)!
Gia na mh ta polulogoume, agaphta mou paidia, afou epi pente sunaptes wres o
ftwxos ka8hghths egka8istouse kai apegka8isouse "odhgous ektupwshs", kanontas
reset 3ana kai 3ana sto telos ena sataniko xamogelo sxhmatisthke sto proswpo
tou. Efere sto mualo tou th morfh tou Billy, monologhse "xwsto kai pai3to,
(logokrinetai)" kai pathse kamia katostaria fores to reset kombio tou
upologisth.

Me dakrua metanoias sta matia fortwse to RedHat 4.2 linuxi tou kai etre3e ta
X-Windows. Me tremamena daktula plhktrologhse "printtool", epele3e HP LaserJet
6L apo mia lista me ektupwtes kai ektupwse tis ASCII kai PostScript
dokimastikes selides xwris kanena problhma. Fusika kai to Applixware kai ta
upoloipa programmata pou etre3e ektupwsan, aloimono, opws akribws
programmatisthkan na ektupwnoun. Anarwth8hke omws ti 8a ekane xwris to polutimo
logismiko pou sunodeue ton ektupwth kai etrexe mono katw apo Widows. Allwste
xwris auto den mporouse na alla3ei ta setting tou upologisth. Kanena problhma.
Me tria klik bre8hke sto ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/printing kai
katebase to ljetmgr2.6-all.linux.tar.gz pou kanei o,ti kai to logismiko ths HP
alla katw apo linux. Twra, giati h HP den to perilambanei stis diskettes
ths;;;... Ase! Kalutera na mhn to suzhthsoume to 8ema.

O filos mas, loipon, ka8hse anapautika sthn karekla tou, skefthke poso pio pezh
8a htan h zwh tou apo dw kai pera xwris tis euxaristes peripeteies pou tou
proseferan ka8e toso ta Widows kai thlefwnhse ston guru ths geitonias tou gia
na tou e3omologh8ei suntetrimenos to amarthma tou.

Gi' auto, loipon, kala mou paidia, gia na zeite eseis kala kai emeis kalutera,
do yourself a favour. 3exaste ta Widows me ta xwstopai3hmata tous kai mhn
amartanete san to nearo ths istorias mas.

Met' egkardiwn prwtoxroniatikwn euxwn,
Eu8umios Maurogewrgiadhs

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