> > something home for me (TRS80 MIII) some baggage 'handlers'
> forgot that glass
> > breaks when its dropped :(
>
> I beleive the original packing box for the M3/M4 had the following
> printed on it : 'Do not drop, or CRT may implode' ... Mind you , I once
Oddly enough that's exactly what happened......grrrr.....
> had a CRT sent by Royal Mail (who are good at wrecking things!) in a
> cardboard box with _no_ packing -- just rattling around in the box, and
> it arrived in onve piece. How, I will never know...
Strange, the only time I've ever received a CRT (black Microvitec to match
the Sinclair QL) it was nicely packed and it STILL arrived broken. Well, not
*just* broken, smashed completely in fact. Bless parcelforce's cotton socks.
cheers
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adrian/witchy
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Received on Sun May 04 2003 - 01:56:36 BST