On 23/05/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can spend it any way you want. I just find non computerized > appliances to be much easier to repair.
It's not so much computerized but customization that comes back to nip you on the butt years down the line. I just retired an expensive European built combo washer drier simply because the custom analogue motor speed controller chip spat the dummy. The only option I had was to design a new speed controller module as no spare modules or chips were available world wide. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net