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- Reply-To: ppieroni@ppse.win-uk.net (Chip Pieroni)
- From: ppieroni@ppse.win-uk.net (Chip Pieroni)
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 20:49:15 GMT
- Subject: Re: can you identify these symptoms?
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- In article <4gec2c$aop@news.acns.nwu.edu>, Stephen Judd (judd@merle.acns.nwu.edu) writes:
- >In article <JOPI.96Feb20190732@stekt20.oulu.fi>,
- >Jouko Valta <jopi@stekt.oulu.fi> wrote:
- >>Stephen Judd <judd@merle.acns.nwu.edu> writes:
- >> Stephen> Well I'll bite: how does one accidentally drive a nail
- >> Stephen> through one's computer? ;)
- >>
- >>
- >> Heh, THAT is something to try with your PC! ;)
- >>
- >> However, this reminds me of a guy who found out that the reason of intermittent
- >> operation of his C64 was some bottlecaps wandering inside the computer...
- >>
- >> Also, ants have been verified. Zzzzap! Luckily, one ant doesn't suck enough
- >> power to cause reboot on the C128.
- >
- >When I bought JiffyDOS I cracked open the case for my 128D and discovered a
- >pretty large bug in my system: a cricket, long dead and wedged in among
- >the I.C.'s.
- >
- >I think he came all the way from Virginia. How do I know said cricket is a
- >"he"? Some things are better left unsaid...
- >
- >I named him "Clarence". Clarence the Commodore Cricket, guardian of
- >integrated circuits, defender of the 128, Lord of the Silicon realm; ever
- >vigilant in his watch over the computer, a shadowy flight into the world
- >of an insect... which does not exist...
- >
- >I cracked a few of his legs off, so now all he does is tumble around when
- >I move the computer. Sure, it's a hazard, but I'm the type of guy who
- >lives life on the edge, drinks milk straight from the carton, returns
- >library books weeks late, etc.
- >
- >Yes, it's been quite a long day, why?
- >
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- You WHAT ? I've just drunk myself to death, and I'm making
- more sense !!!
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