they want vintage PCB stock but don't seem to care about other things. they want to feel connected to the PCB designers by reusing the original PCB layouts as shown in the paper manuals distributed with the equipment.
the very same people they reached out to and who told them their project is a fool's errand.
people simply do not make sense to me. not even a little bit. I am on Earth, but I am not of Earth.
I myself feel more like a PCB designer when I design PCBs, and less like a PCB designer when I copy someone else's design verbatim.
don't bother replying if you're going to try to explain anything, because I will not understand humans no matter how much I try.
it would make FAR more sense to me if they just said "I'm doing it this way because that's how I want to do it" and did not elaborate. the explanation feels like an enormous can of "if I explain it, people won't challenge my decision in the comments."