Dave McGuire wrote:
    I know you were talking to Tony, but I must
interject.  Solving
 problems, and making the machine work, also counts as accomplishing
 something.  For me, and I suspect Tony as well, that's *more* of an
 accomplishment than, say, firing up WordStar or EDT.
   Not trying to be argumentative, just trying to explain a point. 
And, honestly, I understand.  I will fix hardware for the fun of it
myself.  But, I'm not so happy if I want to program some 8080 assembly
language on, say, my Kaypro, and I can't because the drive has gone
down.  Then, the problem is a roadblock, not a puzzle.
Warren