19 Dec
2006
19 Dec
'06
4:35 p.m.
On 20/12/06 00:12, "Jules Richardson" <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
I think there's a line to be drawn somewhere,
although it's hard to see what
the defining characteristics are. You're right in that things like hard drives
One word: RD53 :)
I've got every single RD53 we have as a company and every one has died, even
'brand new' ones. They're beautifully clean and perfect as museum exibits
though. I'm pleased to report my BA23 based MicroPDP 11/73 is still going
strong and passes all the XXDP+ tests I've thrown at it over the last 2
days.
and computers as a whole do seem to last (failing
capacitors and obsolescence
aside :) - but in most modern DVD players, TVs, VCRs, and stereo equipment
that I've been inside, the quality of construction (mechanical and electronic)
has been piss-poor and obviously built to the lowest cost possible (same seems
to hold true for things like kettles, toasters, microwaves etc.)
Computers, DVD players etc are now 'consumer grade' which means 'as cheap as
possible, 1 year warranty and bugger it if they break'
My 1995 Toshiba VCR is still going strong, ditto my Missus' Matsui (same
age) but I'd guess everything built after 2000 is utter rubbish for the
reasons you've stated already.
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
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