On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Feldman, Robert wrote:
> A greyer area is the following: I bought a Tan-case Osborne 1 early on.
> Later, I had it upgraded with the 52/80/104 column display option and
> double density disk controller. As a "collector", does one remove the
> upgrades and have an "original" O1 (and it was used in the original
> configuration for quite some time), or keep the mods and have a fuller
> representation of the product's lifetime? Personally, I would keep the
> mods.
Me too. They're part of its history. I don't see how the machine would
be better represented in its "factory" condition than in the condition it
was in when it was last used.
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