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[der Mouse]

[Two-weeks-old mail...I was away and am still getting caught up.]

> And I still fail to see how supplying information means I'll do a
> worse repair.

It doesn't.  (Well, usually.  Part of the cost of supplying such
information is making sure it matches the product.  You might well do a
worse job if supplied with information about a different rev from what
you have, but not clearly detectable as such.)

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