OT Cheep shop-vac

And the tools/test gear you need to repair classic computers easily costs 10* the cost of that classic (or indeed the cost of a modern PC + emulator for said classic machine). So? Those tools (assuming you buy good-qulaity ones) will last for many, many repairs, woodwork projects, or whatever. I can't remember the last time I had to replace a tool because it was worn out (other than things like hacksaw blades, of course). Good tools will outlast you and me :-) You are speaking to a person, BTW, who finally decided to buy a good engineer's lathe in order to make a replacement part for a device that cost a lot less than 1/10th the cost of that lathe. The manugactuers of the device were playing protecitonist games (they would only supply parts ot authorised service agents), and there is nothing more likely to convince me to make the part myself. Of course the lathe has been very useful for all sorts of other work (and will be in the future). -tony