Re: [Hampshire] Free to a good home (again)

2011-05-02 Thread john lewis
On Sun, 1 May 2011 21:11:21 +0100 Hugo Mills h...@carfax.org.uk wrote: That'll be one in total, then. If swung with enough force. :) It wouldn't need too much force given how solid they are! -- John Lewis using Debian sid -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface:

Re: [Hampshire] Free to a good home (again)

2011-05-02 Thread Tony Wood
On 02/05/11 08:55, john lewis wrote: On Sun, 1 May 2011 21:11:21 +0100 Hugo Millsh...@carfax.org.uk wrote: That'll be one in total, then. If swung with enough force. :) It wouldn't need too much force given how solid they are! I recall in the 1970s, when managers were being persuaded

Re: [Hampshire] Free to a good home (again)

2011-05-02 Thread Chris Dennis
On 02/05/11 09:40, Tony Wood wrote: On 02/05/11 08:55, john lewis wrote: On Sun, 1 May 2011 21:11:21 +0100 Hugo Millsh...@carfax.org.uk wrote: That'll be one in total, then. If swung with enough force. :) It wouldn't need too much force given how solid they are! I recall in the 1970s, when

Re: [Hampshire] Free to a good home (again)

2011-05-02 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 02/05/11 12:08, Chris Dennis wrote: I've heard of people jumping up and down on their laptops, but for different reasons and with different results. A mate at work sat on his Dell D610, which radically altered it cosmetically - he's a big bloke - but didn't seem to impede its functionality.

[Hampshire] Free to a good home (again)

2011-05-01 Thread Paul Tansom
A few more bits on offer before they hit the electrical recycling area of the local tip. 3 keyboards, 2 solid Dell PS/2 keyboards (one in need of a clean), and one old AT one! The Dell ones are good solid weighty things, so may be of interest to a fan of the old IBM keyboards (John?!). 2 DVD-ROM

Re: [Hampshire] Free to a good home (again)

2011-05-01 Thread john lewis
On Sun, 1 May 2011 12:30:38 +0100 Paul Tansom p...@aptanet.com wrote: A few more bits on offer before they hit the electrical recycling area of the local tip. 3 keyboards, 2 solid Dell PS/2 keyboards (one in need of a clean), and one old AT one! The Dell ones are good solid weighty things,

Re: [Hampshire] Free to a good home (again)

2011-05-01 Thread Hugo Mills
On Sun, May 01, 2011 at 09:06:43PM +0100, John Lewis wrote: On Sun, 1 May 2011 12:30:38 +0100 Paul Tansom p...@aptanet.com wrote: A few more bits on offer before they hit the electrical recycling area of the local tip. 3 keyboards, 2 solid Dell PS/2 keyboards (one in need of a clean),