Importance of "original" parts

From: Hotze <photze_at_batelco.com.bh>
Date: Mon Dec 8 07:04:30 1997

For me; at least; the interest is not for profit. It is for my own personal
enjoyment; and for history. If every Apple ][ is thrown away; once
very-common items become very rare.
-----Original Message-----
From: Olminkhof <jolminkh_at_c2.telstra-mm.net.au>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, December 08, 1997 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: Importance of "original" parts


>>How important is it to obtain computers in their "original" state? Is it
>>worth it to save a computer that is known to have been hacked together?
>>
>
>I think it's worth saving anything that might eventually fill in part of a
>jigsaw.
>
>>For example: I have an original Mac 128k. However, I believe that the
>>motherboard has been upgraded to the 512k "Fat" Mac. I purchased it at the
>>University of Michigan's Property Disposal warehouse, which means I was
>>lucky to find a matching keyboard and mouse and I have no hope of finding
>>the original manuals or shipping boxes for it.
>.
>.
>>Should I even bother to restore this machine to it's original state by
>>purchasing an original (but not _the_ original) motherboard, assuming I
>>can even find one, or should I just use the machine as is and forget about
>>any attempts at historical accuracy? At what point do I wind up with
>>Washington's Hatchet, or does it even matter?
>
>Mostly, you will be very lucky to pick up the bits you want. I think
>eventually a swap culture will arrive but you need to have something to
swap
>with. We are in a rescue-from-the-garbage phase at the moment, so I believe
>in hoarding everything I find ..... that I can find space for that is!
>
>Hans
>
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