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Old 27th May 2011, 21:08     #42
MadMax
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i'm up on the apex of a warehouse roof under a threatening black sky with a hole in the clouds shining light onto the screen of a netbook that i've plugged into the console port of an outdoor wap. it's windy, cold, my shoes only have just enough grip on the iron and i'm already pissed at having to be up there fixing the wap in the first place.

windows 7 doesnt have hyperterm, but that's ok cause i'd downloaded a copy onto the desktop. except between that and a usb serial port the data doesn't show on the console straight away and hyperterm is just being a dick.

thoughts of having to send the wap back to the supplier or take it down and break into its seal for the slight chance there might be an internal reset button are suddenly put to rest by www.portableapps.com and putty on my key ring usb stick.

i'd just managed to break the boot process to put the wap into a recovery mode - mission accomplished as the rest can be done indoors - and it starts raining.
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