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6stringmerc
on Aug 19, 2023
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devoutsalsa
on Aug 20, 2023
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My personal snafu was plugging a 9 pin CGA cable into 9 pin serial port. White smoke started billowing out of the power supply. Turned it off, fixed the provision, and the computer still worked after that.
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