duh, why don't it work

[Mike O'Dell]

Ah yes, a clear demonstration of Sattinger's Law:

     It works better when it's plugged in - right!

     -mo

On 3/15/13 11:47 PM, Alex Fraser wrote:
> Today I bought a used PCMCIA serial card at my favorite computer junk 
> store.  It came with a driver cd.   I stuck it in the laptop, 
> installed the drivers and nothing happened, the card wouldn't start.  
> I downloaded new drivers and fussed and cussed.  I stuck another 
> pcmcia card in and it worked right off.  I re and re re installed the 
> software.  I pulled the card out and was about to have a fit and toss 
> it when it occurred to me, like why would they put the fancy part of 
> the card on the bottom?  Also why was the card so hard to get out and 
> in?  You guessed it, I was putting it in upside down!  duh.
>
> It didn't take long to get it working after I figured this out. It 
> really does key the HF rig better than the serial USB dongle.   I'm 
> happy now.
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