It's not serious if a Bristol Spline _key_
goes astray, that was never
part of the original machine.
Maybe not for the PC's we're talking about here, but many pieces of
classic equipment contain the special tools needed to work on them.
I;ve worked on classic monitors (a Barco colour one, and an HP vector
display) that have the extneder boards stored in a spare slot of the
cardcage. Very useful when you need to repair them....
For example, many R-390A's have brackets on the
back for the Bristol Spline
key and screwdriver, Tek scopes with ceramic terminal strips have a
little spool of the right kind of silver-bearing solder on a holder
Only the better onse AFAIK. The 555 and 556 do, I don't think the 545
does....
inside, etc. For the nuts who insist on 100%
authenticity, having the
original tools/rolls of solder does matter. There was a case last week
I may not insist on originality, and I will certainly refill the reel of
solder inu my Tekky when I use it all up, but I do like the tools, etc to
be present. I would want to replace them with similar tools if they were
msising.
of a single spool of normal tin-lead solder selling
for hundreds of $
just because of the name on the label!
YEs, but presuambly that was to an Audiophool who actually thinks he can
hear the difference....
-tony