26 May
2009
26 May
'09
6:16 p.m.
I wrote:
Agreed, but a working original machine (or at least a machine that keeps
to the original design) is surely even more interesting.
How far do you allow this non-originality to go? If you're not careful
you can get to the stage where you replace all the internals of a classic
computer with a PC running a suitable emulator [1]. That is surely a lot
less intereting than the original design.
[1] I am told some museums do this, but don't indicate the fact. I have
no problems with museusm using emulators if they don't want to run the
classic machine, or they can't repair it, or... but they darn well should
tell the vistiors that what they're seeing is not the real thing.
-tony
Yes, replacing the power supply is probably your
best options.
Tony Duell wrote:
> That's something I'd not want to do,
simply because it's not original.
A working machine with a non-original part is
far more interesting to me
than a non-working machine