IMSAI Score update/Spare BYTEs/Got an Altair too

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Dave Dunfield wrote:

> >OK, I pulled the front panel appart tonight and I found out that whoever
> >owned this model colored the silkscreen with magic marker. Bogus!
> >
> >Anyway, I can get a new photomask from Todd Fischer for $20. Well worth
> >it.
>
> I was afraid of that ... Although it's good that you can get a replacement,
> keeping it all original has merit as well - depending on the marker used,
> you might be able to carefully remove it. Try a Q-tip with some whiteboard
> cleaner and move up to stronger solutions as required.

Oh for ****'s sake.

How is cleaning off the ink any different from replacing the strip?  You
just said, "keeping it all original has merit as well".  I guess attacking
it with whiteboard cleaner is not considered a modification to the
original?

Like sane people do, note down the modification and keep the note with the
system (use a tagged string so you can tie the tag internally to keep Dave
happy).  Put the original in a safe place (which is I'm sure what Rich
planned to do).

Sheesh.

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