20 Apr
2007
20 Apr
'07
5:36 p.m.
Jay West wrote:
When someone is doing a particular restoration on the
list, they tend to
ask a lot of questions about a particular machine because that is what
is on their bench at the time. Others who are familiar with the machine
chime in, and it stirs up even further discussion. I have gone through
three major dec mini restorations over the past year or two and asked a
lot of questions here perhaps causing that focus.
It goes farther than that. When you guys start talking about, say,
CP/M, I think "Hey! Jim is saving a Kaypro 10 for me! I should go get
it out of his way and get it up an running. and maybe even that K2 in
the closet with the busted keyboard jack."
When one member is doing a restore, or just learning a new system,
and asking questions, that dialog tends to renew *everyone's* focus on
that class of machine or software. So any major trend tends to build on
itself and suck the rest of us in.
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