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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..A New Trend In Collecting??

Author: A. Zanchetta

Date: 01:51:17 09/09/05

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Hi Steve,

would you make a visible hardware change to make a computer usable ?

I have two samples with my computers :

1. when I got my CC 10, I was unable to connect to the Fidelity power supplys I
had : I cut its powerconnector and soldiered one which could connect to my
adapters.

2. my Constellation 3.6 had another problem : the second column of buttons did
not work. A friend of mine (top class electronic guru) opened it but was unable
to detect the source of the problem. He proposed me to add a replacement button
for the "GO" function, so I am now able to change the computer's level and
color.

Of course, these are cheap computers which means that I could have replaced
without difficulty (I've done it recently with my Mephisto Milano which is a
computer I really like a lot) and that I did not take a big risk doing changes
to these computers.

For expensive computers, I would hesitate do to such visible changes... but I
think I would do it if it was the only way to have them able to play games.

What would you do ?


Best,
Alain



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