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   -=> Sam Penwright wrote to Dave Drum <=-   
      
    DD>> If you have wick, sucker and heat source you have most of it. A   
    DD> station   
      
    SP> Ah the good old days with VCR's I made alot of money off them at my   
    SP> computer shop. My the soldering station got a hell of a work out.   
    SP> Sorry to bud in! You brought a lot of memories back thanks for waking   
    SP> my brain up!   
      
   I sort of fell into the VCR repair. I had been managing a confuser store   
   when the owner filed for bankruptcy and gave me the store and inventory,   
   sketchy as it was, in lieu of my last two week's pay. I had to re-name    
   the business since there were suppliers who would not sell to "Computer   
   Tutor" -- even for ca$h money.   
      
   Megabyte Computer Works became an authorised Amiga dealer as well as a   
   Mitsubishi Diamond Dealer (they had a nice little 286 powered laptop   
   at a good price point). We also repaired computers and other electronics.   
      
   As the computer business died out, going to the big box stores and mail   
   order, the electronic repair (especially VCRs) kept us afloat. But, that   
   began to wither on the vine when it became possible to buy a brand-new,   
   feature-laden, 4 head machine for what I charged for a cleaning and tune   
   up.   Bv(=   
      
   So we morphed into a satellite TV business. We were the last C-Band    
   (big dish) guys in the area. But the bread & butter was PrimeStar,    
   Dish and DirecTV (the small dishes).   
      
   Those were good times in retrospect. But I'd not want to go through it   
   again. Still .........   
      
   ... "All these doughnuts and not a cop in sight." -- Plucky Duck   
   --- MultiMail/Win   
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