Date   : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:46:19 +0100
From   : stuart@... (stuart)
Subject: making replica acorn cards

> Alan wrote:

> I have never seen one though the cct says LM323K, Which is a 5V 3A
> three terminal regulator in either a TO-2220  or a TO-3 case.

Not very hard to find a replacement for then, as some companies are
still selling those :)

> Then ask your self it the machine is still 'authentic'.

And there is the rub.

What I am suggesting is having a store of files that can be used by a
PCB fab house to make a replica PCB of any of the old Acorn system
boards so that should somebody want such a thing, they can have it
quickly and easily.

The question of authenticity is therefore only really of interest to
anybody who wants a "made in the 70's/80's" PCB, and as I have said
elsewhere if somebody wanted to make a perfect fake there is nothing I
can do to stop that process. I really do not think they would be
deterred should they have to make up the PCB files!

-- 
Stuart
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