2 Jan
2005
2 Jan
'05
5:02 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jules Richardson" <julesrichardsonuk(a)yahoo.co.uk>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: Completely original vs. upgraded
On Fri, 2004-12-31 at 12:03 -0500, Gavin Thomas Nicol
wrote:
That's the way I feel about it also, swapping boards is no problem as long
as you keep the older ones and can put it back together the way you found
it.
I even keep the original HD intact on the shelf and use a newer one. It only
really matters if you intend to resell the machine at a later date, or if
there was something unique to the machine in the first place (pre production
machine, custom prototype, etc).
I have a small NeXT collection (getting bigger
;-)) and one thing I was
wondering about was the need to maintain originality. For example, I
have one NeXT cube with an interesting pedigree (it has NeXT asset tags
on it, and some interesting bits), but it's a 68030 motherboard... the
low end cube. I have a NeXT Turbo board I can put into the case, but
then the unit wouldn't be "original" any more... does that matter?
Personally in situations like that I don't like doing anything that
can't be put 'right' again at a later date - so if it involves drilling
holes in cases and things I wouldn't do it, but if it's just a board
swap I would (and hang on to the original board so I could always put
things back how they were)
cheers
Jules