23 Nov
2002
23 Nov
'02
2:47 p.m.
On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Philip Pemberton wrote:
Try googling for "IBM Deathstar" (that is
NOT a typo). The Deskstars are
notorious for poor reliability.
Oh shit.
IIRC, that's what they do when they start to fail.
Get your data backed up
ASAP. That thing'll be dead in two weeks tops.
It's been doing that for months now. I've had it for a little less than a
year.
Got a CD or DVD recorder and a stack of blank, good
quality (Verbatim
DatalifePlus SuperAZO) media?
Gawd damn Fry's specials.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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