[cctalk] Re: Computer of Thesus (was: Re: Re: Computer Museum uses GreaseWeazle to help exonerate Maryland Man)

I think one thing that this discussion demonstrates is the point of the original post, namely that there are many different reasons for participating in this hobby and to each their own.. Let's face it, most of us have trouble justifying the time and money we spend for whatever reason on what is essentially useless obsolete junk to anyone outside our community. At one end are the purists like the antique car crowd, where every last screw has to be original, while at the other end are folks like Jim who are more pragmatic and mainly just interested in getting something done (and who incidentally designs and sells a lot of the adapters etc. that let us replace parts like a hard to find and program replacement for a 2332 ROM with a 2732 for example). Thanks for your many contributions BTW, Jim, especially in the Commodore world but much also applicable elsewhere. /Soapbox on/ What I find a little disappointing is the judgement implied in the "I can't understand why in the world anybody would do that" posts; we're all part of the same community, mostly helping each other regardless of our different perspectives, so instead of judging or arguing let's just respect each other's views of the vintage computer world. Who knows, we may actually learn to 'understand why' ;-) /Soapbox off/ m On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 1:31 PM Chris via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote: