On Saturday 14 June 2003 10:14 pm, Michael Holley wrote:
> > How much do people think is too much restoration???
>
> I try to get my machines running as they would have been in their prime.
> This includes making the common upgrades that most users would have done.
> Since I am restoring kits, there was wide variation in assemble quality. If
> I have or can find the correct parts I am just finishing the assemble 25
> years later. (I am talking about adding a capacitor or a minor cut and
> jumper. Not increasing the memory by tacking RAM chips on top of the
> original ones.)
I see you have higher standards than IBM, for a while after the AT was
released they sold ram that was two chips piggy backed so they could get more
ram on the board.
>
> I want the machine to work, even if I have to replace parts. I restored a
> SWTPC TV Typewriter that had been very poorly assembled in the 1970s by
> stripping the boards bare. (This is not the first choice procedure.) I was
> able to find accurate replacements for almost all of the parts.
> http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/CT_1024/Restore/CT1024_Restore.htm
>
> I also build new upgrade boards for SWTPC 6800 computers. Some of these use
> current production parts and some use historical parts. These can added to
> a system and removed without damage. (I sell copies of some of my upgrades
> but I make them for my own use. Which is a good thing because I will never
> recover my cost.)
> http://home.attbi.com/~swtpc6800/new_stuff.htm
>
> Sometimes a hand wired board is a accurate example of what the original
> owners would have used.
> http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/QRC_Proto/32kMemoryIndex.htm
>
> These upgrades allow the base level product to be upgraded to a full
> featured version so you can run the vintage software.
>
> Another area of restoration is documentation. I have been scanning
> documents, converting them to text, then creating PDF files for the web. I
> correct the typographical errors in the originals and add corrections. I
> don't try to maintain the exact format or pagination. I do identify major
> changes that I make.
>
> I have been taken to task of not preserving the original documents with all
> of the errors!
>
> Michael Holley
> www.swtpc.com/mholley
Received on Sat Jun 14 2003 - 22:30:01 BST