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AC/HL · 17th Sep 2018, 5:09 pm

As Mike says, we are just a subset of the membership, representing the internet aware wing. How much influence we will have remains to be seen, although the internet is the future (for better or for worse!)
If you draw the vintage line at 25 years, kit is getting less and less repairable/restorable at home, as well as less and less interesting. When you've seen one box full of unfathomable components, you've seen them all. Same as with amateur radio black boxes.
Maybe the vastly better standard of living, which is allowing us to buy and restore things that we only dreamt about in the magazines of our youth, is allowing future generations to find alternative routes to enjoyment. You can't restore a computer game.

17th Sep 2018, 5:09 pm	#18
AC/HL Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 9,642	Re: Changing the BVWS As Mike says, we are just a subset of the membership, representing the internet aware wing. How much influence we will have remains to be seen, although the internet is the future (for better or for worse!) If you draw the vintage line at 25 years, kit is getting less and less repairable/restorable at home, as well as less and less interesting. When you've seen one box full of unfathomable components, you've seen them all. Same as with amateur radio black boxes. Maybe the vastly better standard of living, which is allowing us to buy and restore things that we only dreamt about in the magazines of our youth, is allowing future generations to find alternative routes to enjoyment. You can't restore a computer game.