23 Jan
2023
23 Jan
'23
10:31 a.m.
I've never ever heard anyone state they like Goteks better then floppy drives. The
media is difficult to find in a usable state. That puts a big crimp on any joy you may
obtain from using original equipment. Hence people opt for the next best thing. Which
offers a number of conveniences I'll add. On Monday, January 23, 2023, 01:26:40 PM
EST, Christian Corti via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jan 2023, Chris Zach wrote:
Is it a valid repair? Yes. Is it not "100%
original" nope, and I don't care
too much. However one of the supplies was a total wreck from someone else
Replacing a failed and possibly unrepairable component is something
different than changing working parts with newer ones "just because I like
the modern ones more". Then, I would not be in classic computing but just
in "running old equipment".
Christian