IBM AT Free to a Good Home

----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Maslin" <donm(a)cts.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 4:56 AM Subject: Re: IBM AT Free to a Good Home On Sat, 22 May 2004, Tony Duell wrote: I have (not up for grabs) a Zenith mono monitor. It had what I called the 'Irish PSU' (note for non UK people, over here 'Irish' jokes are much the same as Polish jokes...). This combines the ease-of-repair of a switcher with the efficiency of a linear PSU (for the software types, that's roughly like combining the ease-of-understanding of machine code with the speed of an Interpetted HLL :-)). Well, we in the colonies used to enjoy that type of joke, but over the years have managed to hyper-sensitize just about all ethnic groups, such that you put your health - physical or financial - in jeopardy if you tell one. It tends to bring out dirty looks, unfriendly comments or the "everyone is picking on me" society - aka: American Civil Liberties Union - which can get expensive in keeping some lawyer well off. - don Don't be such a prude Don, here in the internal colonies we enjoy a good Irish joke as much as anyone,