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Ellis stared at the blinking cursor on his ancient Windows 7 machine. The hard drive whirred like a tired bee. His internet was down—not the Wi-Fi, but the desktop’s ability to see it. The built-in network card had finally given up after eleven years of loyal service. And then, in the system tray, the little
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He plugged it in.
He ran Setup. A blue screen flickered. The system groaned. For two minutes, nothing. Then, a chime. The familiar sound of hardware being recognized.
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