Absent physical trauma, core seems pretty durable.  The electronics around
it may fail but the core planes themselves seem robust.  At least that's
been my experience.  -- Ian
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
  On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 5:02 PM,  <ethan at
757.org> wrote:
   25,000,
Alexandria, Va.
 Josh Dersch can have one for his home and for work. 
 Is that a dream price for such a system or realistic? 
 
 Curious myself.  They don't come up every day.  The description says:
 "Last turned on the lights worked but the memory appeared not to
 work."  I think from posts on similar systems, it could easily be
 dirty marginal switch contacts or PSU issues, etc, vs damaged core.
  I notice the corrosion on the front key. 
 I'll happily sell him a clean key for a mere 1%...
 -ethan
 
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Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate
The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu>
Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical
Narrative Through a Design Lens
Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org>
Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org>
University of Washington
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