Component level repair

Tony Duell wrote: OK, let me raise a few points. I think _everyone_ here could do component-level troubleshooting if they wanted to. It's mostly a matter of logical reasoning, and I think everone here can think logically. This last part may explain why I'm so fanatical about it. I find it fun. I like solving puzzles. I like logic puzzles particularly. And that's exactly what rtoubleshooting should be. A puzzle. It's like detective work. You gather the clues, think about them, and find the cluprit. Fortunately for me, the rsults of being wrong are somewhat less serious than sending an innocent man to the gallows ;-) I guess troubelshooting is one reason that I mess around with old hardware. I do enjoy it. -tony ------------------------------------------------- Tony, There are different motivations for different people. I don't share your love of fixing things for the sake of fixing them. After 45 years of repairing electronic problems for a living, I'd like a break. Puzzles are fine for minor recreation, but a full time diet is very boring. Broken malfunctioning computers have gotten old. Time for some fun. I buy new computers so I can USE them. I want to have pwerful tools to create, research, edit, post. I buy new TVs so I DON'T have to fix them. I'd rather watch programs on them. I don't have to prove to myself or anyone else that I can troubleshoot an old circuit. Or a new one for that matter. Same for cars and cameras. My pleasure is in driving someplace I haven't been and experiencing it. Or visiting friends. Staying home and overhauling the engine is not a pleasure. Buying a camera to fix it is not a joyous thing. The creative part is in the picture taking. So I DON'T agree that everyone on the list should be able to troubleshoot. It is a minor facet of the hobby of retrocomputing, not the raison d'etre of the hobby. Billy