Hello James.

18 Jul 06 07:51, you wrote to me:

 RT>> Well it could be a lighting strike, something similar happened to
 RT>> my original  28800 USR Sportster a few years back ...

 JB> A friend bought a new computer, (Retail, of all things.) for which I
 JB> bought an el'cheapo power bar for them. One spring, all their
 JB> neighbours phone equipment was fried, and so was the modem terminal on
 JB> the power bar, but their new 'puter remained safe. It's so nice when a
 JB> $40 IC doesn't protect a three-cent fuse.

Way of  the world, ... , work of the Devil ... :-((

 JB> Come to think about it, we did have a few lightshows around the time
 JB> mine went dumb. My AC is all on UPSes or rather good power bars, but I
 JB> may have circumvented the phone line, in order to reach a device, or
 JB> to avoid me from finding another cable...

Something I must still get myself here is a good surge protector, one was on 
the shopping list along with a DVD-ROM/CD-Writer, but that took a dive when I 
got a bad case of  the flu, and my lungs had a good go at suffocating me. Now 
I still owe the Doctor a few hundred Rands, but am feeling a whole heap better 
... , just shy the cash to buy the above mentioned items as a result. :-((

Russell

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