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From: Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake <>
Subject: Re: [SOG] Fiche vs CD
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 22:09:26 +0100


In message <000b01bf0ba9$0400c0c0$>, Merryl Wells
<> writes

>Whenever I need my computer (called "Lala")

Yes, computers should have names! One of the advantages of networking
your computers is that it then becomes necessary to give them names. The
server on my home network is made by Dell, so not unnaturally it's
called Dell Boy. The much slower machine that's attached to it for all
the menial tasks is a bit of a plonker. It's called Rodney. Finally my
laptop that occasionally connects and doesn't have very much in the way
of memory is called Trigger.

>I would expect there are many people who buy fiche or CDs who find they are
>of little or no use and consign them to the back of a drawer as having been
>a bad buy. Is there somewhere on the Internet where one could buy
>second-hand family history fiche/CDs/books at half-price?
>
The SoG Fair in London next May is one place to look for bargain books
from duplicates in the Society's library that are sold off there.
--
Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake

Drake Software web site: http://www.tdrake.demon.co.u

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