17 Jul
2000
17 Jul
'00
9:56 a.m.
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Mark Gregory wrote:
For example, in my area, Commodore 64s are extremely
common. So if I
received a bad one, after checking for obvious faults I probably wouldn't
spend much time trying to troubleshoot it. It's easier to just find a
working one. The bad machine would either become a static display, or a
parts donor, or a very low priority rainy day project.
In the specific case of Commodore 64's, there are so many of them, and so
many of them turn up bad (in numbers disproportionate to other computers)
that it would be a waste of time to try to fix them. They make better
doorstops, or a wheel chock for a small car.
Two factors come into play here: the relative scarcity or abundance of the
machine in question and the scarcity or abundance of time that one has to
fix them.
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