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On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, cristian wrote:
>
> Hi, Mike
>
> Did you try to fix your floppy drive ?
Hehehe.... No... see, the heads on my floppy drive are out of alignment,
just a teeny bit. That means it's OK (most of the time) to read from in
720K and 1.44M formats. It doesn't like anything over 1.44M at the
moment, and it doesn't write because then other drives (including itself)
can't read it exactly back because it's off a little bit.
> You can start by cleaning it with a cleaning floppy.
Been there, done that. :-)
> You can also take it out of the computer and open it and remove all the
> dust inside. Maybe you descover a broken wire and you can fix it. Don't
> be affraied of elecronics. It is easier than programming.
I'm studying to be a hardware technician for computers at the moment. I'm
also studying to get my A+ certification, which I will be getting at the
end of my senior year (I'm going to a vocational high school that offers
such certification, http://www.pentanet.k12.oh.us). I'm also learning C,
C++, and I know BASIC and _SOME_ assembly (i.e., enough to reboot the
computer or crash it completely ;). I can repair problems 80% of the time
with a computer as it is, now. More complicated problems are getting
easier all of the time. And I usually have a licensed technician with me
(a personal friend of mine) when I'm working on a computer-- unless he
can't be there. If I'm uncertain of something, I'll ask 'im and he'll
tell me =).... it's a wonderful way to learn.
>
> If you learn about fixing the elecronic parts of the computer you can
> make good money. You can work to the maitenance of some company's
> computers or you can buy computers with little damages, fix them and
> resell.
>
I already do the second part with 386s and 486s. Many people can use such
computers for school, or, better yet, LINUX!! =) Fixing a computer is
more or less diagnosing the conflict in a computer about 60% of the time--
the other 40% is due to hardware that has gone bad and needs replaced, or
due to someone's stupidity with a magnet.
> This is out of topics but at the fifth quotation your private adress was
> lost.
>
My private address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My ICQ address: 32369835
- Mike
> Good luck
>
> Cristian
>
>
>
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