8 Dec
1997
8 Dec
'97
2:42 a.m.
<> 99 times out of a 100, I'd prefer to have the "hacked" computer
rather
<> than the "original". At least in the minicomputer world, just about
ever
<> modificiation is there for a very important purpose - it either fixes
<> a bug in the hardware or adds an actual enhancement. If the modificatio
More true in the micro would where standards were evolving faster that the
the hardware could be made.
<> was absolutely useful at the time it was made - and is something that
<> every sane original owner did - then it's part of the culture of the
<> machine!
The last line is where history resides. Hacks were part of the culture
and remain a legacy.
Allison