Hi Rich:
I was thinking of exactly the same thing. I have a colleague who is a bit of an
audiophile. Tube amplifiers from Britain etc. A quite nice home stereo that he
fully admits isn't the best on market, but still good. Receiver,
pre-amplifiers, amplifier and speakers for one room = $45,000. He wishes he
could afford "the real thing". And it works for a solid 1000 hours between
replacements of groups of tubes that go for minimum $500-1000 each.
I'm saving for a sailboat. It's much harder to make wind obsolete.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Rich White
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 9:20 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: The value of analogue - New Sports cars vs. old - very long
& boring but relevent part II
>From: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
>And building a digital ECU from scratch in 40 years won't be any more
>difficult
>than building a Stanley Steamer boiler today ...
I would think it might be more like building a vacuum tube or building a new
mother board for a ten year old computer. It could be done but might be
beyond the scope of the home restorer. The boiler is something you can see
and feel and can be built with "basic" tools. The electronics will take
much more spicialized tools that I do not think will be in the normal tool
shop.
Rich White St. Joseph, IL USA
'63 TR3B TCF587L
That ain't a scrap pile, that is my car!
See it moves!
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