Restoration: how far should it go??

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat Jun 14 23:51:00 2003

--- Jesse Kempf <kempfj2_at_rpi.edu> wrote:
> A different friend of mine recently acquired a PDP-10. The KL-10 sucks
> down 10KW, 2 for the CPU, 8 for the power supplies. I submit that his
> modifying the beast to run off of just over 2KW, with switching power
> supplies, is in no way degrading the worth of the machine.

CompuServe did this in period (well prior to 1994 when they started
using Systems Concepts machines to replace DEC machines that were
getting harder and harder to keep running).

I would argue that this particular change is "reasonable", even from
a historical perspective. I'm sure that the strictest purists would
still frown on it, though. Personally, I want hardware I can *use*
and am willing to make compromises to keep them so.

-ethan
Received on Sat Jun 14 2003 - 23:51:00 BST