29 May
2005
29 May
'05
9:49 a.m.
On Sun, 29 May 2005, Tony Duell wrote:
If it'll please you then yes, I recommend leaving a Tony Guide.
Haha. You're funny, Tony. You do realize it's a fairly large leap to go
I honestly
don't see a difference. As long as the original parts are kept
Are you going to also include a diagram showing which screws were
originally Bristol Spline, or do you assume future restorers/historians
have the original engineering drawings? Anyway, small parts have tendency to get lost.
It's not serious if a
Bristol Spline _key_ goes astray, that was never part of the original
machine. But the screws were.
This is an IBM 5155 we're talking about. There are enough examples of
that running out in the wild that I think it's pretty fucking saved.
with the
machine and the replacement screws do not somehow do damage (i.e.
wrong size, wrong threading, etc.) to the case then it doesn't affect the
machine negatively.
Next you'll be telling me that it's OK to replace the guts of all classic
computers with a PC running an emulator provided you keep the original
boards with the machine.... from swapping screws to RIPPING OUT THE INNARDS OF A
COMPUTER AND
REPLACING IT WITH A MODERN PC RUNNING AN EMULATOR, might you, perhaps,
agree?
Jules has originally proposed a reason (which I fully
agree with) as to
why these screws were used in the first place. That is something that
might be of interest to future enthusiasts. Heck, it's of interst to me
now. There is no good reason why that information should be lost
I agree. He should also probably include a copy of this thread in the
machine so people in the future can be bored with the mundane idiocies
that people in the year 2005 argued over.
There are people who collect the original packaging
for classic
computers, who won't assmble old Heathkits (:-(, becasue they somehow
feel that the way the components were packed is interesting, etc). I
don't say I agree with them, but I certainly don't think they're idiots
for caring about such things. Surely the internal parts of a machine are
as least as important as the packing it came in.
I don't recall calling you an "idiot", Tony. That word came flying out of
your fingers.
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