IBM 5155 analogue display fault

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Tony Duell wrote:

> > On Tue, 31 May 2005, Randy McLaughlin wrote:
> >
> > > Many PC boards have had mods that are later reversed.  Anyone looking at the
> > > repaired boards can see that it was done to put the board back to the
> > > original state, the same can not be said if a screw is replaced.
> >
> > I'm assuimg the context here is that the modifications are being done by
> > the archivist (if not then someone is mixing their arguments).
>
> I think that a museum or other true archivist should do only those
> modifications and replace only those parts necessary to keep the machine
> operational, and then the replacement parts should be clearly
> identifyable as such. This would seem to agree with what is done to other
> mechancial artefacts in museums (e.g. clocks).

Ok, so finally you are agreeing with me.

> However, I make those modifications as reversable as possible (I would
> rather not cut a PCB track, but sometimes there is no other way, for
> example). And I don't make them if I don't have to (which is what this
> darn thread started off about).

Different contexts, different reasons.  The change was negligible.

In the end, I would agree with you: get the proper tool, and leave the
original screws in place (this is what I would do).  However, your
arguments against Jules swapping screws were so entirely irrational that I
found fault with them.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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