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Article #5482Re: What's the best purchase you've ever made and why ?
From: Phred
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 13:59
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 13:59
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In article <3AcYj.226$UE2.196@newsfe24.lga>, clams_casino <PeterGriffin@DrunkinClam.com> wrote: >Phred wrote: > >>My 30-year-old car which is still running reasonably well. >> >>I hesitate to "upgrade" because there's so much friggin' electronics >>in modern vehicles you can't get them fixed out in the sticks -- and >>everyone knows computer stuff tends to die in about three years. >> >Can't give up that 8-track, eh? If you're talking those old mainframe tapes, yeah, they were pretty reliable. (About 20 years ago I got data transferred from a couple of 15-year-old tapes to DSHD floppies -- remember those? -- without any problems. I'll post again if I can still read the floppies... If I can find them! :-) Cheers, Phred. -- ppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID
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