5 Sep
2003
5 Sep
'03
8:38 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tothwolf" <tothwolf(a)concentric.net>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 4:09 AM
Subject: Re: Historical relevance of common clone PC was Re: YADA10YR (Yet
Another Discussion About the 10 Year Rule)
On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
Or you can get your degree. You can major in computer repair or business
administration!
Wasn't that the era when PC's became commodity enough that "Repairing"
one
meant running a DOS floppy checker on a drive to see if it's dead, and
throwing a new one in if it was? I remember my friend's dad had a floppy
drive alignment gadget, hooked up to an oscilloscope and let you realign the
heads of your floppy drive. Cost twice as much as a new floppy drive, but if
you fixed one twice, it's paid off :)
On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Bob Shannon wrote:
And maybe those "Sams" 386-486 computers that were sold as part of those
learn-to-repair PCs courses will become highly collectible ;)
-Toth I don't see much classic potential in a Geo
Metro, no matter how old
it gets. Same for any clone PC thrown together from off-the shelf
parts, or even a brand-name 'me-too' PC.
Actually, at some point in the future, common (for today) PC clones that
were built from parts by individual users will be very historically
relevant as examples of the time when PC's became a commodity!