I remember the VMS box which had a printer as "syslog" device. It can
actually be desired behaviour to stop the system completely when
you're unable to log anything, like VMS does. Problem was, they had
attached an ink printer with 100 sheets paper tray and locked it away
in a closet. :-)
Olaf
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