29 Jan
1998
29 Jan
'98
10:01 p.m.
At 08:23 PM 1/27/98 +0000, you wrote:
rather have a service manual that starts 'Take the
HDA into a clean room
and undo the cover screws (#1 in fig 4.2), lift off cover' etc than one
The problem, of course, from the mfr's point of view, is that some bozo is
going to think "hmmm... Larry across the hall has a maid come twice a
month, I'll take it over there and..." and then they have to deal with 1)
repairing/replacing the drive, 2) losing a customer who thinks they should
fix it under warranty.
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30 Jan
30 Jan
7:24 a.m.
At 10:01 PM 1/29/98 -0600, you wrote:
At 08:23 PM 1/27/98 +0000, you wrote:
That's why they void warranties of stuff that's been tampered with. Face
it, for everyone of us that knows something about computers there's a
thousand bozos with a screwdriver.
Joe
rather have a service manual that starts 'Take
the HDA into a clean room
and undo the cover screws (#1 in fig 4.2), lift off cover' etc than one
The problem, of course, from the mfr's point of view, is that some bozo is
going to think "hmmm... Larry across the hall has a maid come twice a
month, I'll take it over there and..." and then they have to deal with 1)
repairing/replacing the drive, 2) losing a customer who thinks they should
fix it under warranty.
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