Re: Wanted: Old Compaq Deskpro non-IDE Floppy Cable (twist)

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From: Chris Isbell
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 00:00

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In article: <HUEZANA3xvYxEwtA@jasper.demon.co.uk>  Mike Tomlinson 
<mike@jasper.demon.co.uk> writes:

> Grr. Give me the clever-dick who thought of the cable twist idea, and
> didn't think to follow it through with sufficient information to 
> ensure it became a widely-accepted standard (probably some tw*t at 
> IBM), and I'll gladly rip his bollocks off with my teeth, :)

What a sexist remark! (Probably true though.) There are (unfortunately 
all too few) female engineers around.

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Chris Isbell               Southampton, England
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From: Chris Isbell <chris@kenda.co.uk>
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