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Re: >>French boot error message ???

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From: Rod Speed
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 00:00
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George Durbridge <gdurb@aardvark.apana.org.au> wrote
in message news:7h33uo$m41$1@llama.teragen.com.au...
> Rod Speed (rodspeed@ozemail.com.au) wrote

>> Thats probably how it happened, the floppys were bought preformatted
>> and he happened to get floppys that were intended for the frogs.

>> You do ocassionally see that happen with the printing on the box etc.

> Probably intended for the Canadian market,
> with every second disquette formatted in French.

I thought all the Quebecois were primitive yokels who wouldnt
know what computers were if they bit them on the bum ?
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From: "Rod Speed" <rodspeed@ozemail.com.au>
Subject: Re: >>French boot error message ???
Date: 1999/05/09
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