is the question:
- should you "restore" one?
or
- should you buy a non-working one, get it running, clean it up and play it?
if the question is the latter, yea, go for it!
if the question is the former, not until you've done the latter... maybe even a couple times...
two reasons why:
- there's a learning curve, and biting off more than you might be able to chew might get discouraging...
- it will give you a bit of time in the hobby, and give you the answers to many of the questions that people have posed in other posts...
you can also be in the game cheaper/easier by not attempting a restore... time (and expense) go up exponentionally to get a machine into a "restored" condition... especially if you aren't starting with a machine that is pretty nice to begin with...
edit: i started with a "dead" em... it is not restored, but it sure does play well...
