Date   : Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:54:35 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: Risc PC (Was 'Minitel in France')

On 27 July 2011 13:08, Rick Murray <rick@...> wrote:
> On 27/07/2011 02:24, Rob wrote:
>
>> It still is! ?Had to re-load the wife's laptop a few months back
>> because they wouldn't believe it really had an overheat problem and
>> issue me with a warranty repair authorisation until I had done so.
>> Grrrr....
>
> Wasn't Dixon's phone support was it? :-P

Whomever Acer farm off their warranty support to...

>> after someone with knowledge of a rather esoteric programming language
>> that I actually knew.
>
> COBAL?

"Speedbase".  Which is BOS/COBOL with a bolted on relational database
and windowing system.

Rob