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CONTEST LOG FROM TAHITI?  TOO BAD FOR YOU.  HEY IF I CANT HAVE ONE, YOU
CANT ENJOY YOURS.  AFTER SUFFERING THROUGH A FEW MISHAPS OF MY OWN, I
TEMPERED MY JEALOUS HOSTILITY.  THAT ERA OF EMERGING PORTABLE COMPUTING
POWER HAD ITS PRICE, HOWEVER, AND IN THE LATE 80S AND EARLY 90S, LAPTOPS
COST A KILOBUCK OR FOUR AND WERE VIRTUALLY ONE OF A KIND DEVICES.  THE
MINIMAL DEGREE OF STANDARDIZATION WE ENJOY TODAY WOULD COME MUCH LATER.  AS
COMPUTERS EVOLVED, HOWEVER, PERFORMANCE INCREASED AND PRICE, SIZE AND
WEIGHT TUMBLED EVER DOWNWARD.  AS WELL DETAIL ELSEWHERE IN THIS ARTICLE, IF
YOU KNOW WHERE TO SHOP, YOU CAN BUY A NICE NEW LAPTOP PC FOR 1000 AND A
FABULOUS LAPTOP FOR 2000.  STILL, THATS A FAIR AMOUNT OF CASH, AND IF YOU
CANT WRITE IT OFF AT TAX TIME IT MAY CONSTITUTE AN UNREASONABLE EXPENDITURE
ESPECIALLY IN THE EYES OF YOUR SPOUSE.  SO, WHATS AN ENTERPRISING HAM TO
DO?  PICK UP AN OLDER LAPTOP OR TWO AND TWEAK THEM INTO SUBMISSION.
ALTHOUGH SOME DO EVERYTHING LOGGING PACKAGES AND GRAPHICAL PROPAGATION
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IS0IGV 122,760 310 132 B IS0UWX 29,580 170 58 B IS0SEA 3,444 41 28 B IS0SDX
11,712 122 32 B 40 Norway LA9HFA 816,816 1309 208 B LA3BO 102,384 316 108 B
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