On Thu, 25 May 2000, Mark Gregory wrote:
> On the whole, your reply seemed remarkably snotty and unhelpful, and didn't
Sorry it appeared that way; it was posted only out of concern for the
preservation of older computers.
> add much useful information
> to help solve the problem. And for relatively common computers, component
> swapping is a perfectly valid way of isolating a fault quickly. Let's
Not always. E.g., a device like a PSU that was working, and is then
moved, can have a bit of metal, solder, etc. come lose and short
something out.
> assume the worst case: he had fried his other Lisa. Would that have been a
> tragic loss to history? There are hundreds (thousands?) of other preserved
It would be if everyone who had one of them "repaired" it that way.
> Lisas out there. Even with blown components, he could still have sold them
> for hundreds "as-is" on eBay, where they would provide parts to revive
Yes, right... fry that system and then sell it on e-bay, that's ok,
because it will still bring a high price, so who cares whether it
works, right? Turn the monitors into fishbowls, remove core memory
and sell it in a picture frame, because, who cares if these are used
again since they can bring big bucks on e-bay.
--
R. D. Davis
rdd_at_perqlogic.com
http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd
410-744-4900
Received on Thu May 25 2000 - 17:52:43 BST