Vintageness ( was Re: Serious Request For Moderation (On Topic) and IMSAIs........

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Tue May 8 23:10:03 2001

On Tue, 8 May 2001, Jeff Hellige wrote:

> No, I don't feel that they are. I would still call them
> reproductions. The time-frame has as much to do with it as any other
> aspect. Your part might be perfect in every detail, but it wasn't
> manufactured in the same time period as the original. Plus in the
> example stated above, it isn't even the same manufacturer. Is a
> Mark-8, assmembled from era-parts 30 years after the builder's article
> still an original Mark-8?

Exactly. Based on the era factor, I would say no.

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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