Really :) I say we ship it to him anyway :) Someone here has his address right? That way he can use what resources he has to see if the data on the drive can be salvaged.
Dana Haggerty, Mike writes: > What burden? Maybe we will make the computer and send it to the poor people > of Kosovo then. These are spare parts coming together to help a friend. > > Let us help - you have helped us all at one time or another. > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:31 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: It's dead jim > > > The saying goodbye to FA would be to allow Judith to keep the relationship > with MM and get in the news that we get from them if I have to go to NA. I > don't want FA or the community to suffer if I have to make the move. Like I > said, I'm going to try to get the computer another way rather than have the > community chip in. I appreciate the support and all but I don't want to put > any burden on anyone if I can help it. > > > Mike - > > > > Instead of all this talk about saying goodbye to FA, which you are > > free to do if you want to, it sounds like you are in a tight spot and > > could use a hand. You should tell us what kinds of parts you need. I > > am betting we all have enough stuff sitting around in our collective > > sparesbins to build several systems. > > > > I have an AMD 1600+ built on top of a K7 Pro LE mainboard, for > > instance, that has onboard audio and USB, supports USB to USB > > networking, and can accept up to 1.5 GB PC133 SD RAM. The thing is > > just sitting around right now, and it's still in warranty. > > > > I believe I also still have several 512 MB SDRAM chips sitting around > > too, and a 300 Watt power supply, multiple NIC cards, several obsolete > > Geforce > 3 > > cards, some 10-20B IDE hard drives, two or three CD Burners, a > > DVD-ROM, a zip drive, a bunch of logitech Web cams, multiple > > keyboards, mice, > infrared > > sensors, PDAs w/ craddles that just need batteries, wires & cables > > (some > of > > which have funny plugs that are not supported by anything anymore), > > etc. > And > > this is just in my closet. > > > > I would be happy to be part of a community initative to get Mike back > > up > and > > running. Mike, I have to ask, was any of your stuff still covered > > under warranty? I was able to replace my motherboard after it was > > fried recently no questions asked. > > > > M > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 10:30 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: It's dead jim > > > > > > Well, when it rains it truly pours. As many of you know, my computer > > went down last friday. I've been trying to make due with this tiny > > laptop (literally tiny) and hating it. Just got the results back. > > Catastrophic failure of everything except the CPU. No ram, HD, MB or > > anything else. > This > > also means that all my data for the last half dozen years or so is > probably > > lost unless I can get it recovered. Add to that a small issue that the > pain > > I've been having is colitis. This all sucks. :( > > > > The timing is the worst possible and it may force me to do some > > drastic things. I'm going to offer myself to Macromedia for some sort > > of paying position (like making sure their email works properly). If > > that doesn't > work > > (which I really don't expect it to) then I'm going to see about > > seperating myself from FA and then offer myself to New Atlanta. I > > don't want to do > it, > > but... > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
