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The disconnection and reconnection of an add-on board, memory, processor, hard drive, or other accessory. The reason for reseating an accessory is usually to test whether it is connected properly in the first place, and to ensure that it is not the source of computer problems.
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Reseat - On Mar 23, 2004, at 10:29 PM, editor@telecom-digest.org wrote: [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Wasn't Lafayette, Indiana and its neighbor West Lafayette a similar situation? Long after that part of Indiana was in the 317 area code, and largely dialable, I recall we still had to go through the operator to get Lafayette from the Chicago area. So was Fort Wayne, Indiana I think, in the 219 area. PAT]Pat, you are correct. It was also interesting from Lafayette, dialingout. In the fall of 1978 I moved to West Lafayette, IN. Longdistance calls were dialed with 1 plus 10 digits, you would hearringing, then the operator would come on and ask "What number are youcalling FROM, please?" It was an honor system for billing the call.You would state your number, and then your call would ring out to theintended destination.Per minute long distance rates in those days dropped sharply for callsthat started at or after 11:00 pm; calls that started at 10:59 pm werebilled for all minutes at the high rate. So there was a nightly rushof calls when people felt sure the cheaper rate was in effect. Thisoften swamped the system, and instead of getting the operator youwould hear a few rings and then be connected to many other poor soulswanting to call long distance but also not reaching the operator. Youcould talk to all of them as a giant chat until you got tired, hungup, and tried again. An accurate clock was very valuable in guidingyour dialing to reach the operator just at 11:00 so your entire callwould benefit from the cheap rate, yet reliably go through, since youwere a minute or two ahead of the "rush hour".As I recall, some time in 1980, the central office was upgraded tocapture caller numbers, and ringing to the destination phone was notlonger interrupted by the operator's billing question. Capacity wasalso upgraded and I don't recall failing to get a long distance callto go through after that time.George[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: You may remember when the telco therehad a real funky system for calling Purdue University from anywherein Lafayette or West Lafayette. Callers dialed '90' (only!) andreached the Purdue operator then verbally passed her a five digitextension. Or, people could dial '92' and the desired five digitextension if they knew it. Purdue took up six or eight entire pagesin the Lafayette phone directory. At some point, I suppose around1980, they did away with that system. Fort Riley, in Junction City,Kansas also had a peculiar arrangement. They were served by UnitedTelephone in those days, and had something like thirty or fortypages in the center of the Junction City phone book. PAT]
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