> Yes, but have you required both of those in the computers you bought > this year?
Required? No, the serial port is on in the default config. As already stated, having a serial port harms nothing. > I have not been willing to pay the extra $30 for a floppy drive for at > least two years. I think the floppy option cost $7 this last time and saved me a lot of time (which is worth much more) dealing with Symantec's unexpected procrastination with support for SATA optical drives. > And your other computers have burst into flame? That's a shame. > > I guess that you must have a real requirement to buy floppy drives and > serial ports, since in your environment the other ones self-destruct. > > Somehow, I suspect that you are the only one having this problem. Errrr....OK John. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
