Should you correct production mistakes?

Tony Duell wrote: Personally I'd correct it. I've generally tried to restore the few machines I have owned in my "rolling collection" to a working state. Now in my case I'm not so competent at the circuit level so for example I've been known to replace the power supply in an Indigo with a modern PC unit but hidden in the original casing. Asthetically you wouldn't know and the machine has several more useful years as a result. Like you, I think these machines should be shown to work, and ideally used for some purpose. The heat and stress inside a CRT casing is no place for shoddy construction! On the other hand there's a strong case for not tinkering with "quirks" that made it to production and affect all machines of a given type since they define the character. Regards, James