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Re: [VERY OT while waiting for Lenny?] reminiscing on old computers



On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 01:23:07PM -0400, Brian McKee wrote:
> >>>slot "wore out" (don't ask me how, because I don't know). At the
> >>>end, I had to keep a rubberband pulling that daughter board at just
> >>>the right angle, or the thing would lock up and not boot. Worked
> >>>like  that for years.
> >>Aren't you the one that said using a VT520 to access a P-II to ssh
> >>into an Athlon64 to read mail was rube-goldberg?  Thanks Mr. Pot.
> >>Kettle.
> >Why yes indeed I was Mr. Kettle. Kind of you to notice.
> 
> And thank you both - I'm having trouble typing between giggling  fits.
> :-)

No, Andrew was using the rubber band to keep his daughter from wiggling
so (nah, I won't finish that joke, anyway it wasn't __giggling__ fits.

:)

Doug.


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