duh, why don't it work

[John Teller]

Mike & I used to work with a fellow who's last name was Steadman.  
Steadman's rule was "Every connector installs with a half-twist."  I've 
lived by that rule ever since!

---JST

On 03/16/2013 11:17 AM, Mike O'Dell wrote:
> 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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