Comment on 'boardswapping' as part of the computer culture.

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Tony Duell wrote:

> > Boardswapping has a place and is a legitimate part of the history of
> > computers going way, way back.  It is how things were and are done, and
>
> I have never found 'that's the way things are done' to be a sufficient
> reason for carrying on doing them that way.

If you can prove that your repair business model would be more successful
than the one that has evolved over time in the electronics industry then
you should write a book and become a consultant and make millions.  Why
waste your breath with a bunch of geeks like us?

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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