Oh great stuff!!

You can always get an EM running - theres nothing to blow on you! - no CPU, no clock, no IC's, you can work on them live and not short anything without having time to take a step back.

In years to come the SS machines will have the boards replaced with a single chip, unless you are willing to pay $500+ for a PIA that is.

EMs??? Well they will still be as EMs.

40 years from now... which machines will still be original and working?