Innovative Printer Hacking in China's PC Industry

The chapter delves into the intriguing story of how China's 1980s PC industry hacked dot matrix printers to enable them to display Chinese characters with higher resolution by overlapping dots from two print passes. It explores the impact of this driver hack on the market in China and Japan, reminisces about the era of dot matrix printers, and sets the stage for discussions on security issues like unauthorized source code access and the risks of blind code usage.