Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-sdd!ucsdhub!loral!jlh From: jlh@loral.UUCP (Physically Phffft) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: flamage about used hardware docs Message-ID: <1918@loral.UUCP> Date: 1 Mar 89 23:30:59 GMT References: <15@dbase.UUCP> <8400010@gistdev> <11084@tekecs.GWD.TEK.COM> Reply-To: jlh@loral.UUCP (Physically Phffft) Organization: At the Remote Controls Lines: 31 In article <8400010@gistdev> dlp@gistdev.UUCP writes: > >there's no excuse for 'not knowing anything about it'. I am sick of seeing >notes that basically say 'I got a real bargain deal on , but the >guy I got it from couldn't tell me anything about it, and of course I didn't >ask any questions, let alone call the police. Can I get the docs for it >from the net for free? Thanks loads, suckers.' I'm also sick of seeing >notes about bargain deals on at auctions, swap meets, etc. So what high-crime-rate ghetto did you just crawl out from? Last month I posted a question on the hardware in my system here at work, the previous owner went on to greener (I hope) pastures and nobody could find any documentation on the system. There was a card in it with the company name Irwin on it and nothing else, I didn't even know what it was until net people informed me Irwin makes tape backup systems. I'm sure the company bought it, and not from some guy in a long coat with XTs on the left sleeve and ATs on the right. Have you ever been to an electronic swap meet? How about an auction where they clear out the inventory for a company that went tits up? Or how about good ol' Fred, who thought he'd use his AT to balance his checkbook, then left it in the closet for two years. Lets be honest, I'd say most people who want hardware info got their hardware legitamatly (sp), not off some crazed crack fiend whose main source of income is the hot burglary. Jim -- Jim Harkins jlh@loral.cts.com Loral Instrumentation, San Diego