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

[der Mouse]

>> 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,

Tony doesn't have a "PC" (he's stated this often enough that even I
have managed to remeber it - even if I've misremembered, I'm quite sure
he does not "depend on" one) and quite likely does not have, and surely
does not depend on, a modern "harddisk" - by which I mean one with
effectively unrepairable electronics (by heavy dependence on
undocumented ASICs) and a sealed and approximately unrepairable
head/platter assembly.

> Also the same is true for the computer CPU's.

Not for most (all, probably, given his statement) of Tony's machines.

> You do not want a FIB machine so you had a chance to repair the IC
> itself.

This too is quite likely not true of Tony, I would hazard a guess -
possibly excepting reasons of physical space.

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