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Are you tempted to try to repair it and get it up and running (even partially if it's possible) ?

I'm tempted, of course. But without any information on it, getting it working would be very time consuming. I'm trying not to get distracted with too many side projects.

Yes, that makes sense, it should take a long time to get it working.

Is it possible to "simply" power a few electromagnets to see a few numbers spinning?

Anyway, you're right, ideas are infinite, time is not. It's good to choose what we spend our time on.

Yes, we already powered up the display and got the numbers to spin, although not all of them work.

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