Re: [ARSCLIST] Memorex CDs

[steven c <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Lou Judson" <loujudson@xxxxxxx>
> oil for fuel will disappear first... and 57 Chevies will still run
> (biodiesel?)
>
> Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
> 415-883-2689
>
> On Jan 12, 2006, at 8:51 PM, steven c wrote:
>
> > In fact, I wonder the same thing about today's computerized
> > automobiles...current cars are undoubtedly more efficient and
> > less trouble to operate, but what happens when the Acme
> > Semiconductor Chip Manufactory discontinues model X-2345
> > that your by-then-vintage machine needs to run...
> >
Well...as I sadly discovered about 50 years ago, when looking for
UX-299 tubes, electronic parts disappear rapidly once the demand
drops! And, since I suspect the chips used in auto-system
applications weren't generic types (wonder why they didn't use
8088's?), there is likely to come a time when a certain chip is
simply nowhere to be found. Vintage-auto restorers could hand-
fabricate replacement parts using machine tools...but it's hard
to hand-fabricate a semiconductor chip! (or a 6N6, for that
matter...)

Steven C. Barr