I agree.
The whole historical significance of classic computers is the way they inspired tinkerer's everywhere.
When you see my Altair, with its maze of prototyped wire-wrap interfaces, the monitor made from a converted B&W TV set, and the homemade "light pen" -- it brings all of this history into perspective.
Never mind the fact that I haven't dared to power it up in years :-)
-Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: Vintage Computer Festival [mailto:vcf_at_siconic.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 12:48 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: Restoration: how far should it go??
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.
--
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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