> The judges can deduct points for any part of the computer that is
> not original as built by the manufacturer, or as constructed at
> assembly time for kits. Replacement parts must be indicated to
> the judges by the competitor. New old stock parts will be
> considered to be replacement parts with a lesser point
> deduction. A reproduction can not receive full points in this
> category.
Interesting set of rules, with an interesting sense of "purity". In
the real world, of course, someone who bought an IMSAI and populated
it with only IMSAI peripherals was a fool. And it also leaves out
the richness of computing that is (was) possible - take a look in the
back of a late 70's BYTE and you'll see hundreds of manufacturers making
a huge variety of S-100 boards. Yet any computers demonstrating
this richness, so important in the early personal computing industry before
the dominance of the PC-clone and the subsequent dull monotony of
compatibles, lose points in this proposed judging scheme. Oh well,
different strokes for different folks.
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Received on Sat May 22 1999 - 19:59:15 BST