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

[Jos Dreesen]

Am zondag, 30.10.05, um 01:43 Uhr (Europe/Zurich) schrieb Tony Duell:

>
> Actually I am trying to think of anything I own and depend on (or even
> use actively) that I am not capable of repairing....

Your PC's harddisk, i.e. the thing that contains the most precious of 
your computer : the data.
You might be able to repair a certain class of failures with these 
drives, but in most cases you will have to replace it.

Also the same is true for the computer CPU's. If it breaks, you replace 
it . You do not want a FIB machine so you had a chance to repair the IC 
itself.

Most of us view CPU and HD as basic building blocks of a computer. If 
you take the same viewpoint on a PC's motherboard, then there is no 
(technical) reason why a more modern PC is out of the question.

If you don't want another PC because you lack space, now there is 
something I can really understand !

											Best regards, Jos