Alan Kay <Alan.Kay at squeakland.org> is claimed by the authorities to have written:

> Folks --
> 
> This has always flabbergasted me. Why isn't the standard print port 
> on current day OS's represented at least by a pseudofile called 
> "Print".
I'm delighted to be able to tell you that Acorn does indeed have a
printer port of that sort. It's actually a pseudo filing system - even
the keyboard is part of the scheme. I'm not writing to the keyboard
is such a good idea though; mind you it could be useful for brail.

So _somebody_ remembered, at least.

tim

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