20 Oct
2004
20 Oct
'04
1:43 p.m.
I spend plenty of hours fixing things that I know
I'll never really
use --- I like to know that the items in my collection actually work,
and will continue to work as long as I can maintain them. I guess my
idea of preserving this material means preserving it in working
condition. I also LIKE fixing this stuff... I like the challenge of
tracing a problem, and the insight that comes from figuring out how
a particular design works.
[...]
Curious to know what others do with the vintage
equipment you have stashed
away in basement/garage etc.
I'm with you in this. I like to have all my collection working (some of
it I use -- this PC is well over 10 years old, heck the linux distro I'm
running is getting towards being on-topic). I enjoy tracking down faults,
I enjoy fixing them, and I enjoy seeing how a machine was designed and
built back then.
That said, I take some care before applying power. In fact turning it on
is one of the last things I do.
-tony