6 Mar
2003
6 Mar
'03
5:50 a.m.
Quothe chris, from writings of Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at
03:38:43PM -0500:
Why all this fuss about capacitors? In all my time fixing classic
computers I've replaced maybe 50 capacitors _total_ (and many more
chips). I've never seen a custom capacitor, and I've never seen major
damage caused by one. Replacing capacitors is _not_ a problem.
If it is really new in box, then yeah, I could
agree with that price. But
If it's "new" in this sense, then it's old and never used, which, to
my way of thinking, means that it should be worth less. Having never
been used, some capacitors may have gone bad and the equipment hasn't demonstrated that it's survived a burn-in period;
the chances of
failure are higher. Hence, should not a NOS (new old stock) system
On the other hand, provided it's powered up carefully (I am not going to
re-start that flamefest), it's likely that the machine would be easy to
repair. Unlike a machine where, say, the PSU regulator has failed when
the machine is in use, taking out all the chips.
be worth less than a system that's been used, but
not used enough to
have mechanical and electro-mechanical, components worn, or wearing,
out.
Any thoughts on this?
I wouldn't pay extra for NIB (after all, the first thing I would do to
the machine is unbox it...) but I wouldn't pay less either. It doesn't
bother me one way or the other.
-tony