-=> Quoting David Bowerman to David Wei <=-
 DB> And let us not forget, that if the scanner has problems, you can still
 DB> fax,  modem and print while the scanner is in the shop.  One 
 DB> friend of mine purchased a modem/fax/voice 
 DB> mail/printer/scanner combo for his home office. When the 
 DB> printer decided to have problems, he was running around 
 DB> frantically borrowing bits and pieces to keep himself in 
 DB> business until it was repaired. He's since decided that the 
 DB> convenience of a single telephone plug and a single AC line 
 DB> plug is not worth the trouble and now has a voice/fax/modem 
 DB> plus a printer and a scanner.
 That's the idea of MODULAR... one item is bad... unplug it and kept
 working... instead of jumping up and down while waiting for the entire
 unit to be fixed... unless of course, they are giving you 24 hour exchange
 service like those Ascend 1 Billion function in one, router/dial up system,
 just add network and server...
... My cat committed suicide.  He shot himself in the head nine times.
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