4 Jun
2005
4 Jun
'05
8:29 a.m.
On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Dave Dunfield wrote:
Oh for ****'s sake.
How is cleaning off the ink any different from replacing the strip? You
just said, "keeping it all original has merit as well". I guess attacking
it with whiteboard cleaner is not considered a modification to the
original?
I don't recall using the verb "attack" ... if he's lucky, the marker
used was
a soluable one, and it will clean up nicely with no damage to the original
strip - if you can do that, then why not clean it up and keep it all original.
As Rich noted in a later message, the replacement he can get is not identical
to the original...
Have you never cleaned up a computer that you really wanted to restore to
original condition?
You never defined "original condition". This could mean the condition it
was in when it left the factory, or the condition it was in when it left
the nth generation owner.
At any rate, this is all getting a bit nazi. If Rich wanted to saw it in
half so he could display the innards then that would be his perogative.
OK, I pulled
the front panel appart tonight and I found out that whoever
owned this model colored the silkscreen with magic marker. Bogus!
Anyway, I can get a new photomask from Todd Fischer for $20. Well worth
it.
I was afraid of that ... Although it's good that you can get a replacement,
keeping it all original has merit as well - depending on the marker used,
you might be able to carefully remove it. Try a Q-tip with some whiteboard
cleaner and move up to stronger solutions as required. Obviously any cleanup should be attempted with great
care, and if it's not
going to work, then by all means get the replacement, and keep the original
in a safe place.... but that doesn't mean you shouldn't at least investigate
restoring the original first.
Everything has a story. You have to decide if you are going to continue
writing the story where the last guy left off by removing the ink or
considering it complete and leaving the computer as is. Rich decided to
continue the story.
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