Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/06

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Subject: [Leica] New Year Catastrophe
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 14:03:51 -0500
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It's like the appliances in my house.  We seem to have bought them all
about the same time and they all run out of warranty and suddenly quit
working - at the same time.

You just can't win!

Tina

On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:

> Well, first my many-year-old USB hub must have had oxidized contacts,
> because the slightest disturbance, like cat walking near it, caused fast
> disconnects/reconnects to hard disk that has DNGs. Disk failed totally. No
> problem; did a backup since last negs put on it. Ran to Fry's to buy new
> hub. Almost immediately after installing hub, computer refused to boot.
> This was Dec. 31.
>
> Called Apple Store, found to my surprise that they would be open Jan. 1.
> Took it in and after brief diagnosis, was told that my hard disk had gone
> south: $220 please and we'll call you when it's ready.
>
> Later that Jan. 1 afternoon, my wife announced that she'd lost the
> internet. Phoned the ISP tech service and after a few directed experiments,
> was told that my DSL modem had quit. $50 please plus $18 for USP ground
> shipping and you'll probably get it on Wednesday.
>
> Now trying to catch up with the world.
>
> Herb
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> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
> 650-326-8204
>
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-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


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