RS>> Fraid not. Try explaining how you can use all those modems

RS>> which have no DIP switches on Macs and Amigas. Supra even have

RS>> specific Mac packs, which are just a cable and Mac software.



BG>> The bottom line is that you don't have to use them if you don't want to.



RS>> Yes, and they are always a potential problem for some stupid fiddling.



RB>> Even  so called experts can get cought out with switches



 RS> True, its not hard to do when tearing around without

 RS> the docs too. Or say need a replacement in a hurry

 RS> when one dies and cant put your hand on the docs etc.



RB>> I just had a computer here that I sold new to a pommie

RB>> electrician 8 months ago, who fried the said computer by

RB>> moving the voltage selector on the power supply to 115 volt.



 RS> Yeah, thats a classic example where a power supply that can auto operate

 RS> over 80-280VAC without any switching has some real advantages. Corse,

 RS> in that case its got some economic problems with going that route too.



RB>> He said he wants it fixed for free under waranty and so I told

RB>> him that waranty wont fix problems caused by stupidity or user

RB>> error, and to contact his household insurance company and try to

RB>> get a fusion claim (fat chance, Ive seen their applications before)



 RS> Dunno. One of the places here which is the best source for stuff

 RS> like a pump for the air cooler just offers you the paperwork to

 RS> claim as a matter of course, some must be paying out on that stuff.



Yes, easy to hand out the forms, but just try to fill them out & claim.



The claim forms won't cover electronics , just electric motors and you

have to decribe the internal parts of the motor that are stuffed.

type of starter (Star/Delta)

The motors can't be over 12 yrs old and can't have any electronics

controlling them. What motor doesn't have electronics controlling it

these days.



Fusion claims are ONLY good for pump motors these days, insurance

companies have got all other bases covered. bastards

                                                    

RB>> He then proceeded to tell me that he is an electrician and

RB>> his daughter is studying to be a doctor (first yr) and they

RB>> would not be as stupid as to flick a switch. ( a man must

RB>> have come in throught the window at night and done it)



 RS> Yeah, its amazing what some people will try on. They dont appear

 RS> to be able to grasp how certain you are that its a lie. Bit like

 RS> little kids who claim they havent got a clue how something got

 RS> broken when there is no other possibility than the culprit himself.



RB>> I saw the evidence with my own eyes. Voltage selector

RB>> switch was on 115volt when I first saw the machine.



 RS> He's obviously one of the thicker ones around |-)



His head was SO thick that he couldn't grow any hair on it.



Bald Pom , with a big mouth and no brains.



Russell



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