23 Jan
2023
23 Jan
'23
9:08 p.m.
On 1/23/2023 2:28 PM, Chris via cctalk wrote: @ Mike
Stein
Not everything is criticism. I only corrected a rather obtuse notion about people
replacing mechanical drives with solid state ones. Everyone would love to use their
original equipment if it was practical. I for 1 have NO luck with floppy disks. Is it my
part of the country? Could be.
Would a few people here be willing to share their approaches to their
collection?
I'll start. I've collected a variety of mainly DEC, HP, and Apple
machines, and have restored or repaired them slowly over time. However,
as they fail from now on, I will *not* be doing modern upgrades or
repairs. As they die, so shall they be retired or given away.
For me, it's the experience of the original sights, sounds, feels, and
yes, emotions of the original hardware that's the inspiration. So,
floppy and tape drives all the way for me, as well as original hard
drives (Mike, I'm right there with you on the IMIs :). Emulators
just don't provide what I'm looking for.
- John
Frederick, Maryland