Bob Villa wrote:
If you don't know what it does...why would you repair it? How do you
know its timeline if you can't see it?

Wasn't there a Star Trek Next Generation episode about this? A person from
the 22nd century found a time machine, went forward into the 24th and claimed
to be a historian. He was actually collecting artifacts to take back 200 years
and sell off the technology.

Geoff.

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to misquote it.