Hi, Dieter.

DM> -=> Quoting Frank Malcolm to Squalid <=-

DM> FM> AUST_BIZ
DM> FM> -!-
DM> FM> þ 4u2c   * þ USES DOS,CRT,MOUSE,RAM,C:,PRN,VGA,EGA,ELECTRICITY

DM> FM> -!-
DM> FM>  ! Origin: Pedants Inc. (3:711/934.24)


DM>Two hints for the day:

DM>Change your password, and

Yes, I have been told this! :-(

DM>Get rid of any taglines when talking to AreaFix. I had a tagline
DM>that had the word "all" in it, and it tagged every fucking echo
DM>for downloading. Not a pleasant sight....

Good point!

On a totally different subject, how's your printer? Mine started playing
up a few weeks ago, would randomly go into a power-on sequence and spit
out the test page. Then it totally shat its memory and reset the pages
printed from ~2000 back to 1. Finally on Thursday (with Caroline's
school assignment due) it gave up entirely and won't print. Anything.
Except the test page with the // lines.

The power-on test sequence (flashing power light) is unusually short and
no sample page is produced. The last few randomly produced sample pages
before the final problem showed it communicating at 538,977,664 baud.
Let's hope I can still get that speed when it's fixed!

Any clues? Presumably some NVRAM has lost its guts. Might try and find a
battery in the innards and remove it for a few hours. Who fixes them?
That company you mentioned when I was seeking a manual? Remind me...

Regards, FIM.

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