Well to each his own. I used to service them too, and I've always
liked them.
-Dave
On 09/04/2011 07:32 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
I used to service those "things" - Olivetta
crapolla IMHO
Dave McGuire wrote:
> On 08/26/2011 02:41 PM, Chris M wrote:
>> --- On Fri, 8/19/11, Dave McGuire<mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Overall they are very nice machines.
>>
>> Oh no they're not.
>
> Ohhhhh yes they are. :)
>
>> Nobody told me the cpu guts were buried under the
>> motherboard, so I threw one out (I found it in the snow in Freehold,
>> NJ alongside route 9).
>
> Why would the location of the motherboard cause you to trash a machine?
>
>> And those darned emi copper springs were
>> always falling all over the place.
>
> If they're abused, yes.
>
>> Ok, the issue is it was made kind of too well. But nobody cares. It's
>> a basic pain.
>
> I guess I just don't follow that logic. *I* care (not that you should
> care about the fact that I care ;)) because I sold and serviced those
> machines when they were new, and was always impressed by them for a
> number of reasons.
>
> -Dave
>
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL