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- From: jemartin@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Martin)
- Subject: Re: PPI EPROMS (Re: PPI repair charges)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.214143.16724@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
- References: <Jan.6.10.57.01.1993.5598@pilot.njin.net> <1993Jan6.200828.13098@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <Jan.6.15.27.26.1993.12836@pilot.njin.net>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 21:41:43 GMT
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- In article <Jan.6.15.27.26.1993.12836@pilot.njin.net> birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag) writes:
- >jemartin@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Martin) writes:
- >
- >>Incidentally, I came across this in my manual: "Most products returned to
- >>Practical Peripherals for repair are found to be in proper working
- >>condition."
- >
- >Read: "Most people who think something's wrong with their modem are silly
- >dips who don't know how to configure it." Find a BBS network (such as
- >WWIVnet) with a networked PPI support SIG, and read the messages for a good
- >laugh. 50% are posts by or to people who don't RTFM. Another 10% are
- Yes, I have looked in on similar forums before, and things can be quite
- amusing...
-
- >[...]
- >A suggestion: Do NOT send your old EPROM back immediately. PPI is not
- >really going to notice. Run for a week with your new EPROM to make sure it
- >works. Put it through its paces. Once you're satisfied it's fine, send
- >back the old one. This way, if the new one has a problem, you're not up
- >the creek.
- >
- >-Shag
- Great suggestion - thanks
-
- John
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- John E. Martin jemartin@nyx.cs.du.edu University of Puget Sound '92
- Kent, WA (formerly martin@ups.edu) SeinfeldSuperSonicsBC++RushDWeckl
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