Chap brought his PC in to me today because he thought he was losing the plot because he couldn't get any dialup connection to work on his shiny new "Time Machine". After trying hyperterminal and getting "RESTRICTED" to any ATDT commands, I did a little digging and it appears they're sold with...

Anyone know a supplier of miniature, or at least small, black PS2 keyboards? Have found something suitable from IBM which even has a trackpoint built in, but it's £60. Don't want to spend more than £20 really.... tia -Rob

Currys are selling 128mb disgo (USB2 storage device) for £39.99. These are over £50 on dabs.com. I managed to get a "lite" version (more compact, different styling) for the same price after a small haggle. jay

Just had to say, these guys are great. Fast delivery, prompt responses to emails, quick refunds, and excellent service when things inevitably go wrong. Will be doing much more business with these guys in future, recommend you all do the same. Hellraiser..........

Hi, I've just seen the SM-193T 19" TFT at DigiUK (www.digiuk.com) for £499 inc Vat and delivery, anyone know this company? The price looks too good to be true! Some words of comfort before I order would be good, Thanks

I'm trying to use dabs.com at the moment but it's so painful that I'm going to vent some frustration here. Dabs have been around quite a while, they are a major, if not the leading, UK based online IT retailer. You would think then that they might have some idea of how to build and run an...

Who actually brought one? What do you think of it? I didn't and now I'm (again) getting sick of looking at a 15" TFT at home and an 18" TFT at work because the one at home suddenly seems a lot smaller than it did before I got my new work PC :-) I see that savastore.com and pcnextday (never heard...

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:17:59 +0000, Dr Teeth wrote: I had a hard disk that I bought 3-4 months ago from CCL computers. My PC would not POST with it connected and it made a regular clunking noise. They tested it and said that no fault was found. They also...

Do not use these people at www.chill-tek.com, over 2 weeks and counting so far for one single item ordered for next day delivery - no sign of it on Royal Mails Recorded Delivery track and trace (despite recorded not being a next day service), after a week of hassling they said they'd send...

http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/6292 -Rob robatwork at mail dot com

I am thinking of getting the HP Scanjet 8290. Anyone knows of a good vendor for this model? I see prices can vary by a hundred pound or more between vendors. Of course, if ordering online, there is also the issue of after sale or returning faulty goods. Any suggestion from this group? Thanks

I am thinking of getting the HP Scanjet 8290. Anyone knows of a good vendor for this model? I see prices can vary by a hundred pound or more between vendors. Of course, if ordering online, there is also the issue of after sale or returning faulty goods. Any suggestion from this group? Thanks

I hope this isn't too OT, but I'm trying to find somewhere that sells *card* CD wallets (sleeves) with windows - for normal sized CDs. I've checked out my usual suppliers and tried Googling, but had no luck. All the wallets with windows seem to be made of paper. The size and position of the...

I am in London and would like to buy an acoustically quietened PC case and a also quiet PSU. The only dealer I have come across in the UK is QuietPC http://www.quietpc.com/uk/. But their Acousticase C6607 is a whopping £100 including tax. And that is without a PSU. Seems a lot of money to...

Sirs As header. best wishes, Robert Harlow

Something unusual is happening with DABS today. We were having trouble placing an order with Internet Explorer. Usually, I have to use IE to place orders, because dabs.com pukes with Mozilla. Today, however, was somewhat different. Our purchasing folk tried placing an order today with IE, and...

Anyone got any good/bad reports on overclock.co.uk ? Cheers, FB.

Hi, Anyone know what their pricing policy is? I've ordered 4 items, 3 of which aren't available yet. One has been sent postage £7.05. Now I'm wondering will I have to pay postage on the rest! My impression was that my order covered all postage, therefore, IMO the rest should be delivered at no...

Last week I returned a stick of memory to Scan which didn't run at its rated speed (DDR333 speeds). However, the stick worked fine at a lower speed (the equivalent of DDR250 - before you have a go at me I _know_ there's no such thing) when I'd changed the CPU:memory ratio in my BIOS. I sent the...

Hi all, For the past 2 years my company (a small business, 20 staff, 25 PCs) has been buying IT supplies from a company called Westwood West (now CCI Westwood West, I believe). Anyway, they used to be good but they've been going downhill and they're now totally rubbish. As much hassle as it's...