24 Mar
2011
24 Mar
'11
2:55 p.m.
On 23/03/11 20:05, Tony Duell wrote:
You mean 'If it ain't broek, break it so that you can get the screwdriver
on it' :-)
And that is where we differ. To me, tinkering
with the hardware is the
reason I collect classic computers. They;re less interesting to me when
they work properly.
I have a sign on my wall:
IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FSCK WITH IT. IF IT *IS* BROKE, GET THE SCREWDRIVER!
Don't even ask about the box of comics. Or the
Great Wall of O'Reilly
Books. Or the Even Bigger Box Of Elektor And Maplin Magazines From 1974
To Present Day... yeesh.
In my case, the _walls_ of things like an almost complete run of Poole and
Molloy (Radio and Televison Servicing) from 1952 to 1981, databooks going
back to the 1940s, service manuals, more service manauls, and evne more
service manuals, books on just about every electrical and electornic
subject, and so on. Did I mentioned I had a few books?
-tony