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2001
	8 Dec		-		goodbye CompuServe
	11 Oct		-		my second Ericsson
	23 Sep		-		my first Ericsson

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8 Dec 2001 - goodbye CompuServe

I discontinued my CompuServe account today. Kinda weird. I've used them as a telecommunications solution for so long... So long, in fact, that I cannot remember exactly when I started using them. I clear remember using the service in 1990. I'm certain I was a member for a while...

I enjoyed the various services including email, forums, and downable files, that it worked with my Mac, DOS, and Windows environments. I liked that they embraced the Psion community. They helped me distribute my Star Trek: The Next Generation episode guides. And they helped me utilize the internet in its early days.

I particularly liked how I could use the service as a continental dial-up provider.

Still, I'm barely using the service, now, as I increasingly use internet email and the web...

So, thanks for the the memories... And all those bytes...

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11 Oct 2001 - my second Ericsson

The Ericsson MC 218 that I bought on 23 Sep 2001 is acting weird. It is not detecting the Compact Flash (CF) card that I use. I've tested the card and it's fine, I've tried other cards, I went so far as to disassemble the Ericsson to verify the continuity of the CF memory card drive door switch--it's fine.

Ordered a second palmtop from expansys...

It too arrives quickly (although it takes a little while to sort out the billings).

And it works perfectly!

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23 Sep 2001 - my first Ericsson

I bought (at a good price) an Ericsson MC 218 palmtop from the expansys web site to replace my Psion Series 5mx.

Received very quickly.

It's a cool blue colour.

I like it!

[updated on 11 Oct 2001]

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