Oh, and don't get bamboozled by the little companies, who keep trying to push wasteful mods. They always like to use the obsolete marketing trick, stating that your equipment is no longer serviceable because parts are unavailable. While that may be true in some cases, but it's not always. These companies like to target good, built to last, performing equipment such as Swift Futura, DMC, 211/211M, 411/411M, Series 90, Ascension 1000/2000, and the absolute best Northern TC181/TC3200. Except for MCE and Alpha, they just don't make em as good as they used to. It's best to always do your HW before falling for a mod. That mod just might not be a bargain after all. Just as tayto mentioned, most of his problem jobs are the generic/non-proprietary jobs. I'm sure many of the little companies are hurting financially and use the "this equipment is obsolete" trick to make money.
