fsimmons@cs.strath.ac.uk (Fraser J Simmons IE88) (03/01/91)
I don't have any firm advice except that I am a firm believer in the
"No black magic" principle. It kept my sanity when I was programming the
Amiga (spit). You hve started out on the right track.
My advice is to take the board out and stick it in your friend's machine,
ie
if friend's machine with your board works then
while it works and not attachments run out do
exchange one attachment from your friends machine with own attachment
try again
end while
if attachments ran out then
write (" Your having me on ")
else
write ("The last thing you exchanged is the faulty component")
endif
else
write ("something major wrong with your board")
write ("Do you still want a 1040?")
read (reply)
if reply in ['y','Y'] then
if cost second hand < cost new then
get a second hand 1040
replace your board for the one out replacement
cannibalise the rest for spares
keep old board!!
else
if cost new > prepared to pay then
try buying a new replacement board
else
buy new st
endif
if not(replacement available) then
write ("Sorry use your friends 1040") or
get board serviced professionally
endif
endif
else
choose new type of machine
endif
endif
hope you get it fixed,
Fraser
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UK |scott@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Yelich) (03/06/91)
I don't have any firm advice except that I am a firm believer in the
"No black magic" principle. It kept my sanity when I was programming the
Amiga (spit). You hve started out on the right track.
I just spoke with one of my psychology professors about magic rituals.
(You know, when the car breaks down and the male gets out and opens the hood,
looks, looks, looks and then shuts the hood and the car starts..)
My advice is to take the board out and stick it in your friend's machine,
NOT MY MACHINE!
if friend's machine with your board works then
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else
repeat write ("Ooooh, pretty smoke!") until no_more_smoke
write ("something major wrong with your computer")
write ("something major wrong with friends computer, now")
rhetorical ("Will you pay to fix friend's machine?")
write ("have another friend?")
repeat (main) if alive
hope you get it fixed,
Fraser
I hope you get it fixed, keep your friends and spend as little money as
possible.
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