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On Thursday 22 July 2010 23:04:03 Bill Longman wrote: |
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> On 07/22/2010 12:49 PM, walt wrote: |
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> > On 07/21/2010 03:18 PM, Bill Longman wrote: |
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> >> Might I suggest a small hardware upgrade: |
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> >> http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron6100/SR56x0/H8QGi-F.c |
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> >> fm |
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> > Hey, where's the parallel port for my Epson MX-80 printer? |
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> You're aging yourself, Walt. Some of us have actually used these, let |
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> alone know what they are. |
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I had an MX-80 too! Used it for years. Then I sold it to my boss at the time |
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for printing invoices and it's still running to this day (7 years later) |
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> And once Alan gets this puppy pried into his laptop chassis, I want to |
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> see the power supply connector. |
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Um, yeah, small problem with that. I went to chat to my facilities guys about |
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the power needs. We have to book out power so the UPS doesn't complain (I |
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blame it on the World Cup). His answer: |
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"You want HOW MANY fscking amps???!!!!!??? I have entire banking systems that |
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use less than that!!!!" |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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