From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf at siconic.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 6:51 PM
On Tue, 31 May 2005, Tony Duell wrote:
If it was a particularly rare or significant
machine, I might to that
with any components I had to replace (because they'd failed). I'd keep
the originals with the machine for historical reasons. But I wouldn't
replace anything I didn't have to replace.
What if Bristol Spline screws eventually become obsolete and the
manufacturing of the tools ceases? I know: you'll say "I have a lathe
(and know how to use it) and would manufacture one." Sure, we all have
lathes (and know how to use them). But wouldn't it be easier if someone
had just replaced the screws with more standard varieties and kept the
originals with the machine, tied to the inside case in an archival quality
bag?
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
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What if electricity eventually becomes obsolete :)
Much of what is being saved is becoming obsolete, that is the whole point of
saving it as is otherwise we could only save what is being sold in the
stores today (we would have to throw out any CP/M computers to start with)!
Randy
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