[rescue] [OT] S: IBM /370 or /390 card

[Lionel Peterson]

Many people struggle with money vs time decisions...

(I bet you're comparing a new hollow core door to a solid core door in need of repair.)

Wait, you're arguing to replace rather than repair?

Ken

> On Sep 12, 2023, at 17:32, Joshua Boyd via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
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> On 9/12/23 16:10, Dave McGuire via rescue wrote:
>>> I'd love to see someone work out how to redo that on a newly made board.
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>>   Since the 68K's control store is in mask ROM on the chip, I think that would be a challenge.
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> There is a part of me that wants to defy that challenge and buy the lasers and wire bonding machines needed to work around this.
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> Then I wonder why I have to spend so much time convincing my son that we should, for instance, get a new bathroom door instead of paying to have the old one taken out, all the holes repair, cut insets for modern hinges, sand it, prime it, repaint it, then have similar treatment done to the frame that hangs it, and then have it reassembled, versus spending less than $200 on a new one as part of a larger bathroom repair.
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