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   "Lance Corporal "Hammer" Schultz" < to The Questarian   
   Re: Classic Computer Preservation   
   16 Apr 07 21:10:42   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.cbm   
      
   On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:12:29 -0400, The Questarian wrote:   
      
   > When is it OK to "update" a classic computer (swap 5.25 drives with 3.5   
   >   or flash interfaces, change the tube monitor with an LCD panel, etc.)   
   >   and at what point does it become "destructive"? Is it OK to swap the   
   > red LED's in a original Altair with blue ones?   
      
   Is this your property?  If it's someone else's, then you can do with   
   it whatever they say.  If it's yours, you can do whatever you want   
   with it.   
      
   Personally, if I had something truly scarce, I wouldn't want to modify   
   it.  But that's just me.   
      
   --   
   Lance Corporal "Hammer" Schultz   
   Promote someone else.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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