28 May
2005
28 May
'05
4:30 p.m.
On Sat, 28 May 2005, Tony Duell wrote:
I honestly don't see a difference. As long as the original parts are kept
Are you going to also include a diagram showing which screws were
originally Bristol Spline, or do you assume future restorers/historians
have the original engineering drawings?
Anyway, small parts have tendency to get lost. It's not serious if a
Bristol Spline _key_ goes astray, that was never part of the original
machine. But the screws were.
Just
place the originals screws in a pouch (and for Tony, with a note
explaining what they're doing in there) and fasten it to the inside of the
computer somewhere.
A better idea, surely, is to get the L-shaped Bristol Spline key that
fits said screws and tape that inside the machine. That is, if you don't
think future repairers will have a full toolkit. with the machine and the replacement screws do not
somehow do damage (i.e.
wrong size, wrong threading, etc.) to the case then it doesn't affect the
machine negatively.
Next you'll be telling me that it's OK to replace the guts of all classic
computers with a PC running an emulator provided you keep the original
boards with the machine....
Jules has originally proposed a reason (which I fully agree with) as to
why these screws were used in the first place. That is something that
might be of interest to future enthusiasts. Heck, it's of interst to me
now. There is no good reason why that information should be lost
There are people who collect the original packaging for classic
computers, who won't assmble old Heathkits (:-(, becasue they somehow
feel that the way the components were packed is interesting, etc). I
don't say I agree with them, but I certainly don't think they're idiots
for caring about such things. Surely the internal parts of a machine are
as least as important as the packing it came in.
-tony