blankscreen
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i guys, a bit of fun to be had here, i've messed with computers since the Sinclair ZX81!, so not claiming to be no expert but experienced.
starting the ball rilling - years back a guy in my circle of friends, while knowing i was into computers off his own bat had ordered a tower system from a well known mail order company, on receipt he undid all the boxes and tried for about 4 hours to assemble it. Phoned me and i arranged we would all go around to look at it in a few days when we were all going to a show together.
On the way by car to Birmingham we were discussing his problems when he vexedly stated 'i have to return it anyway as i ordered a tower, and those fools sent me a desktop - the idiots!'.
We all managed to stifled a giggle and let him rant on for a while, then pointed out the main box could be stood up as a tower, or laid down as a desktop. Then he admits he actually got it connected, turned the key on but nothing happened, in those days you used to have a lock to disable the keyboard, did he look sheepish. i had trouble controlling the car due to the ribbing he got.
starting the ball rilling - years back a guy in my circle of friends, while knowing i was into computers off his own bat had ordered a tower system from a well known mail order company, on receipt he undid all the boxes and tried for about 4 hours to assemble it. Phoned me and i arranged we would all go around to look at it in a few days when we were all going to a show together.
On the way by car to Birmingham we were discussing his problems when he vexedly stated 'i have to return it anyway as i ordered a tower, and those fools sent me a desktop - the idiots!'.
We all managed to stifled a giggle and let him rant on for a while, then pointed out the main box could be stood up as a tower, or laid down as a desktop. Then he admits he actually got it connected, turned the key on but nothing happened, in those days you used to have a lock to disable the keyboard, did he look sheepish. i had trouble controlling the car due to the ribbing he got.