Why do people use medium? It seems utterly pointless to write this content then put it somewhere that actively goes out of its way to make sure people can't read it?
But the point is that without the available knowledge online and access to components needed to repair it, it would have remained a dead relic of decades past.
Looks like it was the author's decision. +1 on the irony.
I don't want socketed CPUs I want all the innovation and advantage of an M3. I just want to get a chip and either replace it myself or get it done for 50-100$ in a repair shop.
It looked interesting. Too bad.