On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Erik S. Klein wrote:
> There is a strong parallel between this discussion and another hobby of
> mine; old Corvettes. In Corvette circles, however, there are guiding
> organizations that carefully research, document, classify and adjudicate
> what is original and what is not for a given car. You can, therefore,
> be sure that if you are buying a car judged by the National Corvette
> Restorers Society as "Top-Flight" then you are getting a car that is 94%
> original or better. Original in their case is defined as "that's the
> way it came from the factory." Points are deducted for aftermarket
> parts and modifications and undue damage to original parts.
>
> The vintage computer hobby is probably a long way from that type of
> situation, but many of the same "rules" apply and certainly the same
> issues arise from time to time. At least amongst those that collect for
> historical value over hacking value.
Hmm, that is a really cool idea. We definitely need something like that
in this hobby. I see too many people either get ripped off or mislead on
a lot of eBay auctions.
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