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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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