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   On 29 Jul 20  22:29:00, Ed Vance said the following to Nick Andre:   
      
   EV> I'm a bit more knowledgeable about this here computer stuff that I was   
   EV> back in 1984 when I bought a Floppy Drive instead of a Cassette Drive when   
   EV> I got my Commodore 64 pc.   
      
   I first got into computing with the Vic 20 and the cassette drive... wrote a    
   lot of BASIC programs and some assembler.   
      
   EV> When he went to the Parts Store he would buy enough of that component to be   
   EV> able to fix that faulty TV Set, AND to be able to quickly fix the next bunc   
   EV> of Sets that would need the same repair job.   
   EV>    
   EV> That sounds like something You would probably do too.   
      
   Yes I worked in a shop as part of a larger organization that had to keep a   
   steady supply of replacement keyboards/touchpads and power supplies for a    
   bunch of Dell laptops that were in use at the time. All exact models.   
      
   Nick   
      
   --- Renegade vY2Ka2   
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