Marvin Johnston wrote:
Along the lines of vintage components, has anyone seen
a change in the
value of vintage equipment when repairs are done with later date code
parts?
Late 80's Macintosh logic boards are worth more if the electrolytic caps
that are leaking acetic acid are removed and the board is cleaned up.
I didn't realize how serious a problem this is for late 80's electronics
in general. The museum has been removing batteries from artifacts for a
while now, but I don't know how we're going to deal with trace rot on all
the PCBs with leaking surface mount electrolytic caps.