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15-04-2008, 08:13pm
They bring back memories Pete.
I could have written a book over the 10 years I was a helpdesk / tech support guru.
(I SHOULD HAVE!)
One outstanding one that comes to mind was back in the 80s.
The Air Force had a handfull of IBM PCs on most bases and the early ones had 5.25" floppy drives.
I was going around the bases swapping them out for new models and after a couple of days one of the clerks rang to say that her floppy disk would not work and the disk that she put in would not eject.
I popped around to have a look for her and found that she had folded a 5.25" disk in half and squeezed it into a 3.5" disk drive.
Fair Dinkum - you would not believe some of the stuff I've seen in real life, not just internet stories.
I could have written a book over the 10 years I was a helpdesk / tech support guru.
(I SHOULD HAVE!)
One outstanding one that comes to mind was back in the 80s.
The Air Force had a handfull of IBM PCs on most bases and the early ones had 5.25" floppy drives.
I was going around the bases swapping them out for new models and after a couple of days one of the clerks rang to say that her floppy disk would not work and the disk that she put in would not eject.
I popped around to have a look for her and found that she had folded a 5.25" disk in half and squeezed it into a 3.5" disk drive.
Fair Dinkum - you would not believe some of the stuff I've seen in real life, not just internet stories.
"If time catches up with you. You're going too slow!"
Regards BUSGO
Regards BUSGO