Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 13:11:08 +0100 (MET) From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Chat) Subject: Re: Installation: still not perfect Message-ID: <199612051211.NAA07356@freebie.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <199612051107.VAA22225@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from Michael Smith at "Dec 5, 96 09:37:06 pm"
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Michael Smith writes: > Greg Lehey stands accused of saying: >> (following up to -chat) > (damn, I meant to send it there, and then ol' automatic-elm-fingers cut in.) > >> > Hey! I claim prior art on this one; the first W95 sticker I ever met >> > still adorns my bin, alongside the Netware one. >> >> OK, I didn't expect to be that original, I just liked the way they had >> prepared it so nicely. It was rather appropriate, too, since the >> first thing I did was to wipe Windoze 95% off the hard disk. > > The HDA in the Sharp units we have here at work even have a little > sticker on them indicating that they were loaded with it at the > factory; sheesh! Yup, so did mine. That's reasonable enough: after all, they need to be able to recognize them at the factory. >> The notebook also has an Intel Inside sticker on it. Any idea where I >> should stick that? I was thinking of putting in on my old (1974 >> vintage) 8008 CPU board, but that feels like sacrilege. > > I have one on my old Casio calculator, and another on my SO's > electronic toaster. Yes, I was thinking of a toaster, too. > I even followed the instructions in the Intel envelope that comes > with the stickers (two little stickers and ten pages of instructions > in six languages on where on the case they should be put; only in > the computer industry...) so far as was possible. You're lucky. I have to peel mine off the notebook. Greg
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