On Thu, 12 May 2005, Thane Sherrington wrote:
That's a good point. I generally start by trying to clean the machine, and I have that pretty automated by now. Once I've done all the basic cleaning I try to clean up the obvious damage. I don't put more than 30 minutes into repairing before I consider the machine a write off (flat rate repairs mean I can't spend hours on a machine.)
This is something I'm interested in. I assume thats 30 minutes of "keyboard time"? I ask because a lot of times I'll start a scan and walk away because I know it's going to take 1 hour to complete the scan. Do you count that 1 hour scan as a 5 minute block of time (The amount of time to initiate the scan) or as a full hour of time?
At 30 minutes before writeoff I have to guess that you don't mean actual elapsed time.
Christopher Fisk
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