14 Oct
2007
14 Oct
'07
1:23 p.m.
William Donzelli wrote:
It's not sad in all respects, just some, because there's collectors
which still like to own the original hardware that operated the
machines, much like us computer collectors. I would still rebuild these
occasionally for those die hard collectors. But for the average buyer,
they don't mind what's inside as long as it plays.
=Dan
[ "I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them" ]
[ Pittsburgh --- http://www2.applegate.org/~ragooman/ ]
Sadly though,
it has become uneconomical for most
pinball collectors to get these CPU boards repaired and instead use a
replacement board which emulates the embedded software.
Why is this sad? It seems to me that this is a triumph for the vintage
pinball community. The original parts were going to dry up anyway, so
apparently someone had the good sense to go ahead and solve the
problem.