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--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "vtl5c3" <romeo.fahl@...> wrote:
>
> --- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "drmabuce" <drmabuce@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Romeo
> > ...better watch it!
> > you'll offend the Estonians!
> 
> Oh. What are they gonna do? Invade?
> 

it could happen....
at least they could block the road to Riga for a few hours and snarl
traffic in protest!


> > ....and/or the C-64 users!
> 
> If anyone has the balls to still use a C-64, they're gonna be tough to
> offend.
>

guilty as charged!
;'>
Mrs Mabuse has been trying to offend me about the C64's to no avail
for years 

> > 
> > i still have 4 on active duty. One is employed as the HVAC controller
> > in Mabuse Manor. 
> 
> Does it control a switch that 1)opens the freezer door and 2) turns on
> the fan next to the freezer? (c;

...and opens the drain cover so that the melted ice cream doesn't make
the floor sticky....it's a MULTI-tasker!

> 
> Yeah, they're trusty boxes. My boss has offered me the one from his
> parents' attic. Can't wait!
> 

truth is ...i'd have no hesitation to replace it with a PIC-based
gadget ....  if it would just %$#@! fail!!!! But i just can't bring
myself to change-out something that's still working. ....If it ain't
broke...
on balance, i want to point out that none of the commodore floppy
drives lasted more than a couple of years , that design was not robust
at all.

Vive L'Estonia!
-doc