On Monday, "David B. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
] Same here, although you might say it was "gently used." Got it from
] Computer Renaissance, where they refurbish before they resell. Was in
] pretty fair shape when I bought it, fully functional & all.
I got it off the mother of one of my friends. They look after their
stuff very well, and really only general wear and tear. The video
cable broke because I accedentally pushed the lid too far back and it
got a small fracture. The fracture then got worse with every opening
and closing.
] I'm confident I could sweat the solder connections and it'd work fine
] again, at least for a while. But I was never able to get the board
] taken apart that far to actually get to the connections. So...
So you got the case off and had a look? Compaq use those funny hex
screws everywhere; good thing I have a few of those drivers. A
flathead screwdriver was used before I found my real toolkit. :)
] Depends. Might be buffered or something inside the docking thingie.
] But it can't be -too- complicated, I don't think. I got the docking box
] with the machine when I bought it. Nice thing about buying used,
] sometimes, the extras you pick up.
Yeah. But this machine was bought by the university for its staff
several years ago, so there aren't that many extras.
(The only extras was MS Word (Which I deleted) and a null-modem cable
(which has found many good uses).
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] I use an offline mail reader on my Compaq Aero through my BBS on my home
] desktop machine. The offline reader uses QWK packets, which have a
] rather limited space for subject lines.
]
] There's a way to keep the full subject line, but I have to do it
] manually, and I usually forget. Sorry.
I was just wondering. I knew you used a BBS and I thought it might
have that. But 15 characters is IMO too short.
And there's no need to apologise!
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