OT Re: [AT] Generator--doing funny things, Now electronics.

[Thomas O. Mehrkam]

I guess 25 years from now all that expensive John Deer equipment being 
produced will just be expensive yard art.

Oh By the way I fixed the AC on the Suburban. There was a chafed wire in 
the engine compartment. It was blowing the transistor in the control 
module. I hate Intermittent problems.

It could only be found with a visual inspection. I got lucky and spotted it.

I took that expensive $226 module back to GM and exchanged it for a new 
one. They only made $150 off that sale. I could make the electronics 
section for about $5. The plastic junk surrounding it was probably 
another $10. All that was wrong with it was a 26 cent transistor.

Larry D. Goss wrote:
>>What does this have to do with Antique tractors. Nothing. But all those
> 
> 
>>soon to be antiques that are being produced today are controlled by 
>>Electronics. I wonder what collectors will do 75 years from now to 
>>restore them.
> 
> 
> That's exactly the point.  The answer is that they won't because they
> can't.  The technology will have changed so much that components won't
> be available.  
> For the first time in history, technology is even affecting the way
> libraries and museums archive their holdings.  It isn't enough to
> control the environment and preserve the original paper -- too much
> material is now generated that is "born digital".  So the problem
> becomes putting it in a format that will still be accessible when it's
> needed.  We're now having to think in terms of migrating the storage
> technology of archived materials to new systems every few years so that
> it isn't lost forever.  That's a totally new concept to those who do
> archiving for a living.  Believe it or not, digital archiving is a brand
> new off-shoot for moving and storage companies.
> 
> Larry
> 
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