On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
> But suppose you want to learn about some machine that there's no way you
> could ever obtain (maybe there are none still existing, maybe the few
> that do exist are far too expensive to consider owning, whatever). Making
> an as perfect clone of it as you can (using the right chips, on PCBs as
> near to the original layout as you can, etc) is still a useful thing to
> do. Sure you'll get some small details wrong. But you can still learn a
> lot about the design and operation of the machine from the copy.
I agree. I was just pointing out for Max some reasons why a copy just
isn't good enough for some people.
> Whether it contributed to his death is another matter, but I don't see
> how you could prove that from finding some in the woodwork of his bench.
I think there was other evidence to suggest this, such as medical records
of afflictions that could have been casued by mercury poisoning.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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