23 Jan
2007
23 Jan
'07
2:53 p.m.
On 23/1/07 22:03, "Richard" <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
In article <m1H9RWX-000J0SC at p850ug1>,
ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) writes:
It's not just Tony's opinion - it's one that's shared by me; I work for a
Field Service company and the lack of possible component level repair is a
constant pain for us in this 'just swap it out' day and age purely because
some of the components are easily available but the knowledge, schematics
and service books are gone to the hills and most of us are trained
electronic engineers.
Whether you think this is practical or not isn't important because there are
people out there paying real money to have that sort of service because they
need it.
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
And in the case of classic computers,
assemnbly-level spares may well be
unavaialble other than by canivalising another example of the machine.
Which is not a Good Thing.
Ironically Tony, you've attempted to defend your position while
putting out another example of the bias being complained about.
The bottom line is that you state the above as if it were some
scientifically verifiable axiom, when in fact, its just your opinion.