jema
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Time/Tiny gone bustProbably not a lot of use telling people, but you never know. Might be worth knowing if you think the warrenty on one is worth something.
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Treacodactyl
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I went into a Tiny/Time shop a few months back. Although cheap I had no intention of buying anything after a few minutes of the sale patter. Promised almost anything I wanted. Tiny went bust a few years ago and was bought up minus the warranty obligations IIRC.
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alison
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Not surprised at all.
Our first computer was from Time, and after the first year I was on Christmas card aquantance with the courier who picked it up every fortnight 
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Jonnyboy
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They are/were rather crap I'm afraid. Probably more of a reason for their demise than the competitive market
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Cathryn
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We have just put in a claim for our computer which is a Tiny (lightening a few weeks ago) and it's going to be replaced with a Compaq because Tiny are going bust. wonder if it will come with a warranty. It's got an internal modem - not sure about this. Good or bad - anyone any idea?
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Jonnyboy
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Internal modem is the standard, you won't have any problems. I assume you had an external before which would have needed an additional power supply etc.
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dougal
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| ruby wrote: | | ...It's got an internal modem - not sure about this. Good or bad - anyone any idea? |
Only thing is that its not *quite* so easy to see at a glance that the computer is using the phone line - like "did it hang up properly", etc...
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Jonnyboy
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seriously? just check the task bar, use auto disconnect or just pull the lead out!
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dougal
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Yeah, its not quite like having an LED plainly showing "online"... 
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jema
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| dougal wrote: | | Yeah, its not quite like having an LED plainly showing "online"... |
Always advised people on external modems for this very reason
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Northern_Lad
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I went for an interview for a job a Granville (as it was back then) about 9 years ago - got through to the second round but didn't go because; a: I'd got a job in the interim, and b: got very bad vibes about the place.
When a machine came back that was duff, it got stipped, the parts placed in the shelves and then used in new-builds.
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