Im enjoying this thread, being much too young to have been able to muck about with this stuff as a kid. The best I can match is smashing up an 80s TV, a VCR and a cheap hifi or two - the term hifi is loosely used here, were talking cardboard backed midi systems with brand names like "Schneider"...
But Its an interesting contrast to some of the more critical comments about the chap with his AC11 chassis that he converted into a "steampunk" bluetooth thingy
Not that I felt any comments were
unduly harsh...
I think both threads make a valuable point - at one time this stuff was junk, and there may be a time it is junk once more. It cannot all be saved, and while we do our best, if making a pigs ear of an old set gets someone into the hobby, then why not embrace that side too
Being newish to the hobby myself, I look back at some of my earlier work and wonder what I was thinking