Allison J Parent wrote:
 < I don't care for replicas. Instead of building a replica why not try
 < to make your own design from scratch? At least it would be original.
 I'm likely one of the few that could build a TRS-80/altair/? clone and
 use unused parts all of the correct age!  My spares bin is that deep and
 old.  To me there is no point, I can find an original and bring it back to
 life easier. 
Allison, as far as I can tell, your spares bin is rivalled only by
those of Steve Ciarcia and (possibly -- he's concentrating on music
lately) Dennis Bathory-Kitsz.
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Ward Griffiths
Dylan:  How many years must some people exist,
                        before they're allowed to be free?
WDG3rd:  If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
                        they'll never be free.