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petcat | on: Microsoft open-sources “the earliest DOS source code discovered to date”
> struggled with the quality of the decades-old printout.

barely

It sounds like this printout has deteriorated badly and was barely readable.

Sharlin | parent | next
If it was your standard issue cheap dot-matrix printout, it may not been particularly legible even back then.
justsomehnguy | root | parent
Even if the printer itself was fine it doesn't imply the ribbon was wet enough.
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