Oldies vs ComputersAs someone who is "good with computers" I get a lot of calls from people who've got problems. Some of them even have problems with their computers.
Back many years ago working for a telecoms company, I was called to a senior secretary who "had put a disk into the drive and couldn't get it out". She had one of the first Mac II machines with two drive slots. But only one drive.
Opening up the case revealed stacks of floppy disks that she'd been posting through the hole in the case for weeks. She'd only decided there was a problem when her boss wanted one of them back...
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chthonic, Fri 22 Sep 2006, 13:58)
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Accountants should only be allowed pen and paperMe: Hello, IT
CFO: I've got a CD stuck in the CD-rom
Me: It happens, I'll take a look.
CFO: It's one of those mini-CDs and it's stuck in the mini-CD holder
Me: (scratches head) Um...ok.
Arrives at CFO's office, checks CD-Rom, all clear.
CFO: No, no. The Mini-CD holder.
Me: (removing mini-CD from floppy drive with pliers) You might want to try it in the large CD holder.
(, Sat 23 Sep 2006, 6:24, Reply)
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