Restoration: how far should it go??

From: Rob O'Donnell <classiccmp.org_at_irrelevant.fsnet.co.uk>
Date: Tue Jun 17 13:21:00 2003

At 07:45 17/06/2003 -0600, Feldman, Robert wrote:

>I would also add that if the modification was simply board-swapping or
>chip-swapping (e.g., an overdirve processor in a PC), then I think that it
>would be more permissable to undo the swap. On the other hand, in general,
>I would leave in place a soldered modification. Indeed, such a mod might
>have been factory original, as I have seen a number of main boards with
>cut traces and hand-soldered wires snaking over the board. There will be
>times when the collector can not tell if the mod was "factory" or
>"aftermarket".

When I was an apprentice for Ferranti Computer Systems, I spent six months
in the Test Dept. Mostly post-production testing. Every board had a mod
level, and most mods were indeed cut tracks and hand soldered wires. We
also had to test equipment that was returned from the customer for new mods
to be applied. (so does that count as "aftermarket" or factory?)


Rob
Received on Tue Jun 17 2003 - 13:21:00 BST