Kris Steenhaut wrote as follows on 12/07/05 06:04:

>Don{ald} O. Woodall schreef:
>
>  
>
>>>In , on
07/12/2005 
>>>   at 12:18 AM, "Phil
Parker" said:
>>>
>>>Hi Phil
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>    
>>
>>>>>My old AT model ran from 3 July 1993 until 31 October
2004. I thought it
>>>>>died early compared with old units performing similar
tasks from the
>>>>>1950s, of which I still have several that work just fine.
>>>>>    
>>>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>    
>>
>>>>>Both mechanical and electronic durability and quality
have been on a long
>>>>>slide for many years. We recently had to replace our
old Sunbeam toaster
>>>>>because it was not possible to get a replacement part
for it any more. I
>>>>>don't know exactly how old it realy was because we
inherited it from my
>>>>>wife's grandmother, but it was the old 1950s and
earlier Art Deco design.
>>>>>I believe it was post WWII vintage from the type of
plastic used for the
>>>>>base, but the cord was just like those of the 1930s. So
it was at least
>>>>>50 years old when it died, it never toasted differently
from the current
>>>>>setting, and the automatic elevator that lowered the
bread when you
>>>>>dropped it in the slots and raised it when it was done had never
>>>>>malfunctioned.
>>>>>    
>>>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>
>>>     I have one of those.  It was my grandmother's.
>>>I remember her having it in the early 50's.  Maybe
>>>even in the late 40's.  It is still working for me.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>    
>>
>... and there are drivers available for OS/2?
>

Unfortunately, these drivers never made it past the alpha stage, as all 
they produced was coloured indelibly *blue*.

-- 
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      Kenn
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