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From: jeffery@ziggy.UUCP (Jeff Sheese)
Newsgroups: rec.humor,rec.humor.d,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for Computer Folklore
Message-ID: <175@ziggy.UUCP>
Date: 1 Mar 89 17:32:47 GMT
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In article <15033@cup.portal.com> Erik@cup.portal.com (Erik - Dufek) writes:


>                 So the boss had me assemble 4.77MHz machines using
>Turbo motherboards.  To cripple the turbo mode I placed a jumper on
>the motherboard where the speed switch normally connected.  I wonder
>if any of the customers ever found out that they could have a machine
>that we were selling for $100 more just by pulling the jumper?
>

Almost as bad - back in 81 I worked at an Apple Dealer in Dayton, Ohio
that also sold the Qume Sprint V printer.  A modification/upgrade
to the Qume was introduced on the market, where a dealer who was not
very electrically inclined could upgrade the normal 16k buffer to
a full 64k buffer for $200.

The upgrade was to remove a series of 6 jumpers, and replace them with
a plug in dip switch.