"adamc" <adamc@linuxmail.org> wrote in message
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[snip]

> When everything is bundled into one box, diagnosis is
> easier - you just know it's the box and you either try
> and repair it or throw it out and
> buy a new one.
>
> However, I prefer the challenge of tracking a fault down,
> over several days, or even weeks, to a particular device,
> through trial and error ("well, x works, but y doesn't so
> it must be device z). Kind of masochistic, but I learn
> out of it. ;-)

I'd rather do without the fault ;-)

Ivor