Re: Wal-Mart PCs revisited

2002-05-02 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin Paul 'Baloo' Johnson quotation: > > > Or mail it to Rick Moen. :-) > > Who? Go to Google. Type in "rick moen modem". Hit "I'm Feeling Lucky." -- Join the Sergio Brandano Fan Club: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/1999/debian-user-199910/msg00981.html pgpbo4hjfDSC5.pgp Descripti

Re: Wal-Mart PCs revisited

2002-05-02 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Wed, 1 May 2002, craigw wrote: > They always are at Fry's. I wouldn't touch anything there that shows any > signs of having been opened before. Returned stuff goes straight back > on the shelf AFAIK, maybe with a little Tape or new shrinkwrap. If it's been opened before, I open it myself and m

RE: Wal-Mart PCs revisited

2002-05-02 Thread Wolftales
colloquial called the "F" by Fry sticker or tag ;) I agree, I'll never touch something with one of those tags on it. -Original Message- From: craigw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:19 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Wal-Mart PCs

Re: Wal-Mart PCs revisited

2002-05-02 Thread craigw
On Wed May 01, 2002 at 11:01:05PM -0700, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 1 May 2002, craigw wrote: > > > > Better still, purchase a better modem at WalMart, put the sound card > > > claiming to be a modem in the modem box, and return it saying it was > > > defective for a refund. Break even

Re: Wal-Mart PCs revisited

2002-05-02 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Wed, 1 May 2002, craigw wrote: > > Better still, purchase a better modem at WalMart, put the sound card > > claiming to be a modem in the modem box, and return it saying it was > > defective for a refund. Break even. > > > LOL > I love it! That's a good one. I used to do that with the Wilsonv

Re: Wal-Mart PCs revisited

2002-05-02 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Wed, 1 May 2002, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > Um, http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/ should help clear it all up for ya :) Oh, yeah, I remember him now. The only other person I've talked to with a *sane* view about POTS modems. -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: Wal-Mart PCs revisited

2002-05-02 Thread craigw
On Wed May 01, 2002 at 08:17:06PM -0700, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 1 May 2002, Shawn McMahon wrote: > > > Or, better yet, mail the winmodem back to Wal-Mart, with a "thanks > > anyway, bought a Courier v.Everything external on eBay for $20 instead." > > Better still, purchase a better

Re: Wal-Mart PCs revisited

2002-05-02 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
On Wednesday 01 May 2002 09:11 pm, ben wrote: > On Wednesday 01 May 2002 08:17 pm, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, 1 May 2002, Shawn McMahon wrote: > > > Or, better yet, mail the winmodem back to Wal-Mart, with a "thanks > > > anyway, bought a Courier v.Everything external on eBay for $20 >

Re: Wal-Mart PCs revisited

2002-05-01 Thread ben
On Wednesday 01 May 2002 08:17 pm, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 1 May 2002, Shawn McMahon wrote: > > Or, better yet, mail the winmodem back to Wal-Mart, with a "thanks > > anyway, bought a Courier v.Everything external on eBay for $20 instead." > > Better still, purchase a better modem at

Re: Wal-Mart PCs revisited

2002-05-01 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Wed, 1 May 2002, Shawn McMahon wrote: > Or, better yet, mail the winmodem back to Wal-Mart, with a "thanks > anyway, bought a Courier v.Everything external on eBay for $20 instead." Better still, purchase a better modem at WalMart, put the sound card claiming to be a modem in the modem box, an

Re: Wal-Mart PCs revisited

2002-05-01 Thread dman
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 08:37:15PM -0400, Shawn McMahon wrote: | begin alex quotation: | > | > Most of the difficulties were with the winmodem. Some could not get the | | IMHO, this shouldn't deter anybody. This is a good enough price on | these systems that you can pitch the winmodem in the t

Re: Wal-Mart PCs revisited

2002-05-01 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin alex quotation: > > Most of the difficulties were with the winmodem. Some could not get the IMHO, this shouldn't deter anybody. This is a good enough price on these systems that you can pitch the winmodem in the trash (where it belongs) and throw on a real modem, and not miss the $10 you

Re: Wal-Mart PCs revisited

2002-05-01 Thread David Smead
t running Linux, they might post something about it on their > web page. > > alex. > > - Original Message - > From: "Shawn McMahon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 9:54 AM > Subject: Wal-Mart PCs revisited > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Wal-Mart PCs revisited

2002-05-01 Thread alex
alex. - Original Message - From: "Shawn McMahon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 9:54 AM Subject: Wal-Mart PCs revisited -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Wal-Mart PCs revisited

2002-05-01 Thread Shawn McMahon
Here's the latest web report from somebody actually trying the Wal-Mart OSless PCs with Linux: http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/04/29/0218241.shtml?tid=7 -- Join the Sergio Brandano Fan Club: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/1999/debian-user-199910/msg00981.html pgpTGBfSlIgFZ.pgp Descript