Yesteday my modem died,so i have to wait untill next week for a replacement from Virgin,bought a dongle to see me through with 3 GB of data,had to go onto a old laptop running vista so i can block all updates that would gobble the data,its all so slow though after cable and 10,its that long since i had to watch how much i used ime not sure how long 3gb will last,especialy with the amount of surfing i do.
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It's fortunate that you have it in reserve. My wife's old laptop was Vista-driven and suffered an HD failure. I kept the machine and am wondering if I can somehow procure an old HD on the cheap.
Up until a few years ago, I had kept my old TI-99/4A computer from the early '80s just for the fun of it. Being a sort of yestertech guy, I think back on the days of my TI, and my later DOS-based machines and realize that it was kind of fun being on the cutting edge of something new, doing my own coding, saving programs on cassette tapes and joining a local computer club through a BBS, all connected by telephone modem.
Hope you get your modem back soon and re-enter the 21st Century.
Up until a few years ago, I had kept my old TI-99/4A computer from the early '80s just for the fun of it. Being a sort of yestertech guy, I think back on the days of my TI, and my later DOS-based machines and realize that it was kind of fun being on the cutting edge of something new, doing my own coding, saving programs on cassette tapes and joining a local computer club through a BBS, all connected by telephone modem.
Hope you get your modem back soon and re-enter the 21st Century.
Just got my replacement modem but waiting for my wife to come home from work before i fit it,the thing is ime going deaf and when you ring Virgin media you often get a none english technician and in all honesty i miss half they say,then i get frustrated,then i get angry,so its best if she makes the call.
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Danno_RIP
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Just got my replacement modem but waiting for my wife to come home from work before i fit it,the thing is ime going deaf and when you ring Virgin media you often get a none english technician and in all honesty i miss half they say,then i get frustrated,then i get angry,so its best if she makes the call
I can relate. I worked with a developer in Colchester named Martin for over 15 years developing software. We also had some "off shore" resources (Martin's Term) that were good programmers, but they did not speak Kentucky and I could not understand them. Martin was my interpreter. I think they were a little scared of me... in the end Martin spared me from including them in the conference calls... I was not mean to them.... I just could not understand them between the bad connection and the language barrier we were not very productive. Good that you have a patient wife with a keen ear.
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