For anyone turned off by the title, here's the first sentence:
> Disclaimer: There is no actual profit. That was just one of those clickbaity things everybody seems to like so much these days. Also, it’s not really fun. Alright, on with the show!
> Disclaimer: There is no actual profit. That was just one of those clickbaity things everybody seems to like so much these days. Also, it’s not really fun. Alright, on with the show!
It's sometimes called 'listing paper', as it was commonly used to print out listings of your code :
https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/noi8xm/dot_matri...
Hmm, wonder what became of my Epson MX80. Much fonder memories than the printers that came after it....
Often the holes for the tractor feed were also separated from the main part of the page by a perforation so that one could tear it off to leave a more-or-less pristine letter (or A4 over here) page of content.
Fiddling with the left-over narrow strips of hole-punched edging paper was one of those universal habits that you don't even notice until long after it's gone.
(Edit: _a_ I just realised I replied to the wrong parent post and _b_ now I'm wondering if you're somebody I know!)
As Pratchett said, "We've all passed a lot of water since those days..." :D