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John D. · 10-22-2003, 08:12 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Ron Wood:
 That really isn't the case. It is a well known fact that electronic equipment runs on smoke...and if you let the smoke out, it doesn't work any more.<hr /></blockquote><img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" />
After being in the computer industry for 25 years - you have NO IDEA how close to the truth those words are!!!

Remember Digital Research's GEM? How about the Osborne 2 Computer (not the 1 - which I had)? How about the IBM's Ambra? Or even OS/2 "Warp"..!! LOL!!!!!!!

10-22-2003, 08:12 PM	#1
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 477 Thanked 515 Times in 128 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Ron Wood: <strong> That really isn't the case. It is a well known fact that electronic equipment runs on smoke...and if you let the smoke out, it doesn't work any more.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"><img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" /> After being in the computer industry for 25 years - you have NO IDEA how close to the truth those words are!!! Remember Digital Research's GEM? How about the Osborne 2 Computer (not the 1 - which I had)? How about the IBM's Ambra? Or even OS/2 "Warp"..!! LOL!!!!!!!