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Frame in a few years, when this support pilot fish Gets a frantic call from a marketing guy at the exhibition.

"He's Setting graphic terminal demo his stuff," said the fish. "The show began in a couple of hours, and he couldn't get a Terminal to talk to our service.

«After discussing the problem with it, as it turned out he didn't know what he needs to connect the cable from the modem at the rear of the terminal when he told me: "what is it?"I know I was going to do a lot of hand-holding. "

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But marketing guy following instructions, and soon a large terminal works perfect Thanks fish marketing guy and then gets back to work to gather more customers.

A few days later, the Conference has ended and marketing guy and his graphic terminal, back in the Office.Fish Gets a call from a marketing guy; again, he cannot connect to the Terminal and fish can help?

If you connect the cable to the back of the Terminal?queries the fish.

I tried marketing guy says, but it won't go.

Fish head-office marketing guy to see what the problem is.Of course this time marketing guy has reasonable grounds, that he could not connect.

"Anyone who removing crew had any idea what Unscrew the connector from the back," said the fish. "Because they need to get at the end of the show, they burst from the connector on the back. women connect to.

"I eventually forced truck this large terminal diately. we charged the Marketing Department, and we don't hear a peep from them when the Bill.

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