29 Jun
2005
29 Jun
'05
3:29 p.m.
That's exactly my point! I'm not risking my
unusual hardware on my
inexperience, and I don't think that you should imply others should either
(which is how the original post came across). If he doesn't know how to
re-key a lock, and I know I sure don't, then he should get expert help if
the machine means something to him. Ergo, the locksmith.
It appears to me that you consider there are 2 options : Risk the
hardware by doing it yourself when you don't know what you are doing or
get a professional to do it.
There is, IMHO, a third option, and it's the one I always take. That is
to learn to do the job properly yourself by practicing on non-valuable
items. Even buyt things with the express intention of taking them apart,
knowing you might not get them back together again. I've certainly done that.
If it was some PoC machine that I knew I could get
another of, or was
busted and there was nothing to lose, then fine, I'd probably mess with
it. But I'm definitely aware of my limitations, and I don't see a learning
experience in ruining unusual hardware trying to learn to fix it (in
particular when a far better alternative to self-repair is available).
I disagree that it's 'far better' to get somebody else to do it. To me
the best thing is to learn something. That's one reason I play about with
classic computers, of course.
-tony