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u<d5>
<t3>
"Sir, what is that?" mumbled the
police detective, pointing to a spot
on the computer motherboard.
<w>
<d4>
<t3>
"Lieutenant, that is a bridged
fuse," declared Commodore computer
diletante, Rich Cooksey.
<w>
<t3>
\
"A what?"
\
<w>
<d2>
<t3>
"She was always doing things like
that... always breaking the rules. You
see that...
<w>
<d5>
<t3>
She didn't even bother to put a fuse
in there. She just put a wire straight
across the connection.
<w>
<t3>
She risked shorting out that board...
or even causing a fire."
\
<w>
<d1>
<t2>
The lieutenant turned his good eye
toward Rich, "Sir, you seem upset."
<w>
<d4>
<t3>
"Well, Lieutenant, it's just that
there was no need.
\
<w>
<t3>
I've been into Commodore computers
since 1979, and this was not the way
to treat the machine."
<w>
<d1>
<t2>
"What was she trying to do, sir? I
don't know anything about computers."
<w>
<d2>
<t2>
"Lieutenant, she was trying to
create the CommodoreOne."
<w>
<d4>
<t1>
"The Commodore what?"
<w>
<t4>
"The CommodoreOne, Lieutenant. A new
version of our faithful servant, this
time using twenty-first century
technology."
<w>
<d3>
<t3>
"Well, sir, all of this is new to me.
My wife wants me to get one of those
new computers.
<w>
<t3>
You know... something that's in the
nearby department store.
\
<w>
<t3>
But I won't have any of it. I'd rather
write everything down in my notepad."
\
<w>
<d2>
<t3>
Rich smiled broadly, "Lieutenant,
you don't need one of those department
store computers.
<w>
<t3>
Why don't I invite you to my house and
show you what a Commodore can do?"
\
<w>
<d4>
<t3>
"I'd be very much obliged. If you can,
sir... I'm not taking away any of your
time, am I?"
<w>
<t3>
"Of course not, Lieutenant. We in the
Commodore world always help out a
newbie."
<w>
<t3>
\
"A what?"
\
<w>
<t3>
\
"A new person... like yourself."
\
<w>
<d1>
<t3>
"Now, sir, could you tell me your
whereabouts the afternoon of her
death?"
<w>
<d4>
<t2>
"Like I explained to the officer, I
was on the Expo show floor.
<w>
<d1>
<t2>
"And that was between 10 to 4 p.m.?"
\
<w>
<d2>
<t2>
"Yes... and I never left the floor.
Everybody could attest to that."
<q>
<l5fol.shp>
<l0m.mc2>
<w>
<s0>