On 23 Dec 04  17:33:00, BRUCE CLARK got back to DAN CEPPA 
-> Re: the BW echo !

 BC> The biggest problem with dropping a laptop is crashing the hard drive 
 BC> heads into the platters while they are spinning. 
 
 DC> Try the fragile cabling that runs(ran) my 486 system...  
 BC> 
 BC> The ribbon cables on the HandBook486 are the same thickness as 
 BC> those in a desktop system, just short. 
 BC> The ones connecting the two halves are long enough that the thing 
 BC> can be opened up like a book, without unplugging those cables. 

The one in my 486 was a brittle plasitic ribbon.  The replacement 
price for it is outrageous!  


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