• Re: Why are engineering sample CPUs illegal to sell?

    From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to Paul on Mon Jan 3 14:01:31 2022
    Paul wrote:
    =========

    Why are engineering sample CPUs illegal to sell?

    Due to the pre-production nature of the engineering sample processors,
    they are generally only loaned to OEMs, ODMs, and ISVs for pre-production test and evaluation work under specific contractual terms and conditions
    to assure the protection of assets and confidential information.

    Engineering sample processors are not made available
    to the general public by Intel."

    In effect, you're in possession of stolen goods.

    The whole idea is, no matter what happens, those goods are
    not to be circulating in the hands of the public. You could give
    them back to the local rep, and he could have them shredded.
    (Some factories shred their e-waste to prevent recovery by
    waste removal people.)

    Those samples could have defects, maybe they don't have
    a 100,000 hour operating life (early mortality). They might not
    even compute properly at full speed. Like an ES 3GHz processor,
    there might be an errata sheet in the box, stating you're supposed
    to run them at 2GHz.

    Intel could also mark them with sufficient information, to
    trace them back to who received them. To determine who is leaking
    them and violating a contract term.

    With other manufacturers, those parts are the equivalent of the
    "qual barrel". And the stuff in the qual barrel, is definitely
    not production quality.

    Not allowing them to be sold, is to protect *you* from receiving
    inferior goods.


    ** True story:

    A manufacturer here in Sydney ( Jands Electronics) made a "pre-production" batch of a new model power amplifier for professional use.
    They wisely chose to road test it in the expected environment - on the road with live bands.
    They proved to be problematic in several respects and the design was heavily revised for the production version.
    The sample amps were fully labelled with the maker's logo and the same model number as the later versions.
    Think there were about 20 of them, put into storage for eventual disposal.

    Then an enterprising staff member obtained them and decided he could sell them all to a local second hand dealer - letting him believe they were just like the regular models on sale at the time - but for a very low price so giving him a large mark up.

    One soon wound up on my bench, biggest lemon I ever saw - full of design problems that no tech could fix.
    I rang the manufacturer and spoke with the production manager ( Ed) whom I knew.
    He groaned when I described the amp and it's issues saying they should never have left the factory.
    " If that amp came back to us - we would refuse to accept it" - he remarked.

    I had to explain this to the owner and the dodgy dealer - neither of whom were inclined to believe me.
    Very nasty situation far any repair tech to be caught up in.
    Other owners who had been scammed called me and I advised them to return the amp/s to the same dealer for a refund.

    Later I met up with the guy who had done the dirty deal, what an utter asshole.


    ...... Phil

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  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to Commander Kinsey Raving Lunatic on Mon Jan 3 14:44:24 2022
    Commander Kinsey Raving Lunatic wrote:
    ====================

    ** True story:

    A manufacturer here in Sydney ( Jands Electronics) made a "pre-production" batch of a new model power amplifier for professional use.
    They wisely chose to road test it in the expected environment - on the road with live bands.
    They proved to be problematic in several respects and the design was heavily revised for the production version.
    The sample amps were fully labelled with the maker's logo and the same model number as the later versions.

    Well that was pretty stupid of them.

    ** Not at all - if problems were small or fixable the amps would have been used in the same company's hire business.
    Needed to look right for that job.


    Think there were about 20 of them, put into storage for eventual disposal.

    Then an enterprising staff member obtained them and decided he could sell them all to a local second hand dealer
    - letting him believe they were just like the regular models on sale at the time - but for a very low price so giving him a large mark up.

    So he lied.

    ** No. He deceived a gullible fool and sold items that wound up hurting the company he worked for.

    But my question was about selling them as engineering samples.

    ** The situations are parallel.

    In both cases the items were not meant for sale for good reasons.
    And assholes like YOU wanted to circumvent that decision for their own benefit.


    ...... Phil

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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to Phil Allison on Mon Jan 3 23:29:48 2022
    XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, uk.legal

    On Mon, 03 Jan 2022 22:44:24 -0000, Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> wrote:

    Commander Kinsey Raving Lunatic wrote:
    ====================

    ** True story:

    A manufacturer here in Sydney ( Jands Electronics) made a "pre-production" batch of a new model power amplifier for professional use.
    They wisely chose to road test it in the expected environment - on the road with live bands.
    They proved to be problematic in several respects and the design was heavily revised for the production version.
    The sample amps were fully labelled with the maker's logo and the same model number as the later versions.

    Well that was pretty stupid of them.

    ** Not at all - if problems were small or fixable the amps would have been used in the same company's hire business.
    Needed to look right for that job.

    No need to have the same model number.

    Think there were about 20 of them, put into storage for eventual disposal. >> >
    Then an enterprising staff member obtained them and decided he could sell them all to a local second hand dealer
    - letting him believe they were just like the regular models on sale at the time - but for a very low price so giving him a large mark up.

    So he lied.

    ** No. He deceived a gullible fool and sold items that wound up hurting the company he worked for.

    That is a lie, he did not say they were tests.

    But my question was about selling them as engineering samples.

    ** The situations are parallel.

    In both cases the items were not meant for sale for good reasons.
    And assholes like YOU wanted to circumvent that decision for their own benefit.

    No, if I buy an engineering sample advertised as such, I don't expect it to work perfectly.

    Newsgroups reinstated.

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  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to Commander Kinsey Raving Lunatic on Mon Jan 3 16:15:37 2022
    Commander Kinsey Raving Lunatic wrote:
    ====================


    ** Not at all - if problems were small or fixable the amps would have been used in the same company's hire business.
    Needed to look right for that job.
    No need to have the same model number.

    ** To assist sales of the new model - it was needed.

    So he lied.

    ** No. He deceived a gullible fool and sold items that wound up hurting the company he worked for.

    That is a lie,

    ** He was simply being " economical with the facts" some of which he did not know.

    But my question was about selling them as engineering samples.

    ** The situations are parallel.

    In both cases the items were not meant for sale for good reasons.
    And assholes like YOU wanted to circumvent that decision for their own benefit.

    No,

    ** Yes - you fucking LIAR

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  • From Brian Gaff (Sofa)@21:1/5 to Commander Kinsey on Tue Jan 4 08:13:45 2022
    XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, uk.legal

    I've only seen this one post, but I know pre production models of things
    can slip out for whatever reason. I had a computer once where the pcb had
    been manufactured with a fault, tend you can clearly see back then where the tracks had been manually cut and wires bridged the contacts to the right places, leaving the tracks as orphans.
    Likewise a number of Sinclair ZX Spectrums in the early days were made with known faulty ULA chips and a logic chip glued to the surface with its legs splayed and wired to make the circuit work.
    The first batch of Phillips CD100s the very first CD player on the market
    had quite a lot of wires cut tracks and components wired in odd ways inside
    it. I have to say that none of these what we might call bodges ever caused
    any trouble during the lives of the products. The CD100 is in fact still working, although its tendency to jump if a gnat walks across the floor
    shows it does not have the memory buffers in modern players.
    Brian

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    On Mon, 03 Jan 2022 22:44:24 -0000, Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> wrote:

    Commander Kinsey Raving Lunatic wrote:
    ====================

    ** True story:

    A manufacturer here in Sydney ( Jands Electronics) made a
    "pre-production" batch of a new model power amplifier for professional >>> > use.
    They wisely chose to road test it in the expected environment - on the >>> > road with live bands.
    They proved to be problematic in several respects and the design was
    heavily revised for the production version.
    The sample amps were fully labelled with the maker's logo and the same >>> > model number as the later versions.

    Well that was pretty stupid of them.

    ** Not at all - if problems were small or fixable the amps would have
    been used in the same company's hire business.
    Needed to look right for that job.

    No need to have the same model number.

    Think there were about 20 of them, put into storage for eventual
    disposal.

    Then an enterprising staff member obtained them and decided he could
    sell them all to a local second hand dealer
    - letting him believe they were just like the regular models on sale at
    the time - but for a very low price so giving him a large mark up.

    So he lied.

    ** No. He deceived a gullible fool and sold items that wound up hurting
    the company he worked for.

    That is a lie, he did not say they were tests.

    But my question was about selling them as engineering samples.

    ** The situations are parallel.

    In both cases the items were not meant for sale for good reasons.
    And assholes like YOU wanted to circumvent that decision for their own
    benefit.

    No, if I buy an engineering sample advertised as such, I don't expect it
    to work perfectly.

    Newsgroups reinstated.

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  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 4 00:45:15 2022
    Brian Gaff Shithead Trollpuked:
    =============================

    I've only seen this one post, but I know pre production models of things
    can slip out for whatever reason.

    ** No you don't.

    I had a computer once where the pcb had
    been manufactured with a fault, tend you can clearly see back then where the tracks had been manually cut and wires bridged the contacts to the right places, leaving the tracks as orphans.

    ** So fucking what ? That is not an example..


    Likewise a number of Sinclair ZX Spectrums in the early days were made with known faulty ULA chips and a logic chip glued to the surface with its legs splayed and wired to make the circuit work.

    ** Still very much meant to be sold - so not a failed prototype.

    The first batch of Phillips CD100s the very first CD player on the market
    had quite a lot of wires cut tracks and components wired in odd ways inside it. I have to say that none of these what we might call bodges ever caused any trouble during the lives of the products.

    ** Just destroyed your own bullshit case.




    ....... Phil

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 4 07:53:26 2022
    XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, uk.legal

    On 01/04/2022 01:13 AM, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
    Likewise a number of Sinclair ZX Spectrums in the early days were made with known faulty ULA chips and a logic chip glued to the surface with its legs splayed and wired to make the circuit work.

    When the ZX80 came out it was available as an unassembled kit for $99. I
    don't remember the exact problem but I had to tweak it ti get it to run.

    Osborne came out with a 100 column conversion for the Osborne 1. CMOS
    was a new technology and while it normally saved power, dissipation
    increased with frequency. The circuit would work until the chip got hot.
    I replace it with the equivalent LS part and all was good.

    Back in those days I could see the components without a microscope so
    component level troubleshooting was feasible.

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  • From Sysadmin@21:1/5 to Harry Bloomfield Esq on Tue Jan 4 16:01:22 2022
    XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, uk.legal

    On Tue, 04 Jan 2022 15:42:08 +0000, Harry Bloomfield Esq wrote:

    rbowman wrote :
    Osborne came out with a 100 column conversion for the Osborne 1. CMOS
    was a new technology and while it normally saved power, dissipation
    increased with frequency. The circuit would work until the chip got
    hot. I replace it with the equivalent LS part and all was good.

    The BBC computer had a similar problem - the early versions had to have
    an heatsink on a certain chip to keep it cool, I half remember. I also
    had a timing issue with an S100 computer I built and partially designed.
    I finally spotted the issue, when I could afford to buy a 'scope, but by
    then it was too late - my homebuilt was due for replacement with
    something better.

    I think now that designer have simply become more skilled and obviously
    the range of components have improved massively.

    They use logic analysers in simulations now before the design gets
    anywhere near a product.

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  • From Harry Bloomfield Esq@21:1/5 to rbowman on Tue Jan 4 15:42:08 2022
    XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, uk.legal

    rbowman wrote :
    Osborne came out with a 100 column conversion for the Osborne 1. CMOS was a new technology and while it normally saved power, dissipation increased with frequency. The circuit would work until the chip got hot. I replace it with the equivalent LS part and all was good.

    The BBC computer had a similar problem - the early versions had to have
    an heatsink on a certain chip to keep it cool, I half remember. I also
    had a timing issue with an S100 computer I built and partially
    designed. I finally spotted the issue, when I could afford to buy a
    'scope, but by then it was too late - my homebuilt was due for
    replacement with something better.

    I think now that designer have simply become more skilled and obviously
    the range of components have improved massively.

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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to briang1@blueyonder.co.uk on Tue Jan 4 19:00:44 2022
    XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, uk.legal

    The ZX Spectrum had faulty RAM chips, Sinclair bought dodgy ones of twice the size they needed, tested where the fault was, and only use the good half. It saved a lot on the price.

    On Tue, 04 Jan 2022 08:13:45 -0000, Brian Gaff (Sofa) <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

    I've only seen this one post, but I know pre production models of things
    can slip out for whatever reason. I had a computer once where the pcb had been manufactured with a fault, tend you can clearly see back then where the tracks had been manually cut and wires bridged the contacts to the right places, leaving the tracks as orphans.
    Likewise a number of Sinclair ZX Spectrums in the early days were made with known faulty ULA chips and a logic chip glued to the surface with its legs splayed and wired to make the circuit work.
    The first batch of Phillips CD100s the very first CD player on the market had quite a lot of wires cut tracks and components wired in odd ways inside it. I have to say that none of these what we might call bodges ever caused any trouble during the lives of the products. The CD100 is in fact still working, although its tendency to jump if a gnat walks across the floor shows it does not have the memory buffers in modern players.
    Brian

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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to Phil Allison on Tue Jan 4 18:59:24 2022
    XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, uk.legal

    On Tue, 04 Jan 2022 08:45:15 -0000, Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> wrote:

    Brian Gaff Shithead Trollpuked:
    =============================

    I've only seen this one post, but I know pre production models of things
    can slip out for whatever reason.

    ** No you don't.

    I had a computer once where the pcb had
    been manufactured with a fault, tend you can clearly see back then where the >> tracks had been manually cut and wires bridged the contacts to the right
    places, leaving the tracks as orphans.

    ** So fucking what ? That is not an example..


    Likewise a number of Sinclair ZX Spectrums in the early days were made with >> known faulty ULA chips and a logic chip glued to the surface with its legs >> splayed and wired to make the circuit work.

    ** Still very much meant to be sold - so not a failed prototype.

    The first batch of Phillips CD100s the very first CD player on the market
    had quite a lot of wires cut tracks and components wired in odd ways inside >> it. I have to say that none of these what we might call bodges ever caused >> any trouble during the lives of the products.

    ** Just destroyed your own bullshit case.

    Do grow up.

    And if you're going to insult someone, you need to post it to the group he reads it in.

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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to Phil Allison on Tue Jan 4 18:22:13 2022
    XPost: uk.legal, uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair

    On Tue, 04 Jan 2022 00:15:37 -0000, Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> wrote:

    Commander Kinsey Raving Lunatic wrote:
    ====================


    ** Not at all - if problems were small or fixable the amps would have been used in the same company's hire business.
    Needed to look right for that job.
    No need to have the same model number.

    ** To assist sales of the new model - it was needed.

    Add a T on the end for "test".

    So he lied.

    ** No. He deceived a gullible fool and sold items that wound up hurting the company he worked for.

    That is a lie,

    ** He was simply being " economical with the facts" some of which he did not know.

    Pretty sure he knew they were test models.

    But my question was about selling them as engineering samples.

    ** The situations are parallel.

    In both cases the items were not meant for sale for good reasons.
    And assholes like YOU wanted to circumvent that decision for their own benefit.

    No,

    ** Yes - you fucking LIAR

    Again, "my question was about selling them as engineering samples", meaning the buyer knows full well what they are getting into. If I sell you a 2nd hand car, do you expect it to be as reliable as a new one?

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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to rbowman on Tue Jan 4 19:02:34 2022
    XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, uk.legal

    On Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:53:26 -0000, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

    On 01/04/2022 01:13 AM, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
    Likewise a number of Sinclair ZX Spectrums in the early days were made with >> known faulty ULA chips and a logic chip glued to the surface with its legs >> splayed and wired to make the circuit work.

    When the ZX80 came out it was available as an unassembled kit for $99. I don't remember the exact problem but I had to tweak it ti get it to run.

    Osborne came out with a 100 column conversion for the Osborne 1. CMOS
    was a new technology and while it normally saved power, dissipation
    increased with frequency. The circuit would work until the chip got hot.
    I replace it with the equivalent LS part and all was good.

    Back in those days I could see the components without a microscope so component level troubleshooting was feasible.

    I once broke a Pentium 2 or 3 (or that sort of era) by pushing hard with a screwdriver on the heatsink mount. It slipped and scratched the top of it (the tracks from the actual processor across to the pins). The technician where I worked had such a
    steady hand he resoldered it under a microscope.

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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to Andrew on Tue Jan 4 19:05:18 2022
    XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, uk.legal

    On Tue, 04 Jan 2022 17:05:30 -0000, Andrew <Andrew97d-junk@mybtinternet.com> wrote:

    On 04/01/2022 16:08, charles wrote:
    In article <sr1psh$2l2$1@dont-email.me>, Harry Bloomfield Esq
    <a@harrym1byt.plus.com> wrote:
    rbowman wrote :
    Osborne came out with a 100 column conversion for the Osborne 1. CMOS
    was a new technology and while it normally saved power, dissipation
    increased with frequency. The circuit would work until the chip got
    hot. I replace it with the equivalent LS part and all was good.

    The BBC computer had a similar problem - the early versions had to have
    an heatsink on a certain chip to keep it cool, I half remember.

    I had one of the very early ones and don't remember any such problem.


    They were supplied initially with a non-switching P/S that ran rather
    hot, but a better switch-mode power supply (astec?) was supplied free-of-charge a few months later.

    The ones I encountered were very heavy, so I assume not switching. I don't remember excessive heat. It's not like we used to run the CPUs flat out back then.

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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to trader4@optonline.net on Tue Jan 4 19:04:21 2022
    XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, uk.legal

    On Tue, 04 Jan 2022 18:00:02 -0000, trader_4 <trader4@optonline.net> wrote:

    On Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 11:48:23 AM UTC-5, Clare Snyder wrote:
    On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 16:01:22 -0000 (UTC), Sysadmin <j...@home.net>
    wrote:
    On Tue, 04 Jan 2022 15:42:08 +0000, Harry Bloomfield Esq wrote:

    rbowman wrote :
    Osborne came out with a 100 column conversion for the Osborne 1. CMOS
    was a new technology and while it normally saved power, dissipation
    increased with frequency. The circuit would work until the chip got
    hot. I replace it with the equivalent LS part and all was good.

    The BBC computer had a similar problem - the early versions had to have >> >> an heatsink on a certain chip to keep it cool, I half remember. I also
    had a timing issue with an S100 computer I built and partially designed. >> >> I finally spotted the issue, when I could afford to buy a 'scope, but by >> >> then it was too late - my homebuilt was due for replacement with
    something better.

    I think now that designer have simply become more skilled and obviously >> >> the range of components have improved massively.

    They use logic analysers in simulations now before the design gets
    anywhere near a product.
    Remember all those "sx" processors? DX Processores where the
    floating point processors built on the fie were defective, and rather
    than discard everything they just blew a few "fuses" on the chip and
    sold them as SX on boards where an external FPU could be mounted if
    you needed the FPU function

    That's another myth. At introduction, the SX's used the same silicone
    as the DX product, with the floating point unit untested and disabled.
    If Intel were to have relied on die where the floating point unit was defective, there wouldn't have been enough to meet the enormous demand
    for SX product. This was high yield production at Intel not Joe's
    crap line. And within a year Intel had a new SX version with the floating point
    unit removed, which made the die smaller, less costly to produce
    and more profitable. That was the plan all along.

    You could buy an SX and reenable the coprocessor.

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  • From Mr Pounder Esquire@21:1/5 to Commander Kinsey on Tue Jan 4 20:09:34 2022
    XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, uk.legal

    Commander Kinsey wrote:
    On Mon, 03 Jan 2022 22:44:24 -0000, Phil Allison
    <pallison49@gmail.com> wrote:
    Commander Kinsey Raving Lunatic wrote:
    ====================

    ** True story:

    A manufacturer here in Sydney ( Jands Electronics) made a
    "pre-production" batch of a new model power amplifier for
    professional use. They wisely chose to road test it in the
    expected environment - on the road with live bands. They proved to be >>>> problematic in several respects and the design
    was heavily revised for the production version. The sample amps were
    fully labelled with the maker's logo and the
    same model number as the later versions.

    Well that was pretty stupid of them.

    ** Not at all - if problems were small or fixable the amps would
    have been used in the same company's hire business. Needed to
    look right for that job.

    No need to have the same model number.

    Think there were about 20 of them, put into storage for eventual
    disposal. Then an enterprising staff member obtained them and decided
    he
    could sell them all to a local second hand dealer
    - letting him believe they were just like the regular models on
    sale at the time - but for a very low price so giving him a large
    mark up. So he lied.

    ** No. He deceived a gullible fool and sold items that wound up
    hurting the company he worked for.

    That is a lie, he did not say they were tests.

    But my question was about selling them as engineering samples.

    ** The situations are parallel.

    In both cases the items were not meant for sale for good reasons.
    And assholes like YOU wanted to circumvent that decision for their
    own benefit.

    No, if I buy an engineering sample advertised as such, I don't expect
    it to work perfectly.
    Newsgroups reinstated.


    Hucker is a well known troll. Best not to feed the twat.

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  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to Commander Kinsey Raving Lunatic on Tue Jan 4 12:45:32 2022
    Commander Kinsey Raving Lunatic wrote:
    ====================

    But my question was about selling them as engineering samples.

    ** The situations are parallel.

    In both cases the items were not meant for sale for good reasons.
    And assholes like YOU wanted to circumvent that decision for their own benefit.

    No,

    ** Yes - you fucking LIAR

    Again, "my question was about selling them as engineering samples",

    ** With a caveat they were not for sale as they may contain defects.
    Exactly like the 20 amps I cited.

    FOAD you pig headed troll.

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  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to Commander Kinsey on Tue Jan 4 12:50:23 2022
    Raving Lunatic Arsehole Commander Kinsey wrote: =========================================

    Brian Gaff Shithead Troll puked:
    =============================

    I've only seen this one post, but I know pre production models of things >> can slip out for whatever reason.

    ** No you don't.

    I had a computer once where the pcb had
    been manufactured with a fault, tend you can clearly see back then where the
    tracks had been manually cut and wires bridged the contacts to the right >> places, leaving the tracks as orphans.

    ** So fucking what ? That is not an example..


    Likewise a number of Sinclair ZX Spectrums in the early days were made with
    known faulty ULA chips and a logic chip glued to the surface with its legs >> splayed and wired to make the circuit work.

    ** Still very much meant to be sold - so not a failed prototype.

    The first batch of Phillips CD100s the very first CD player on the market >> had quite a lot of wires cut tracks and components wired in odd ways inside
    it. I have to say that none of these what we might call bodges ever caused >> any trouble during the lives of the products.

    ** Just destroyed your own bullshit case.

    Do grow up.

    ** You need to stop fucking your elderly mom.

    And if you're going to insult someone, you need to post it to the group he reads it in.


    ** The "reply all '' icon works for me.
    Fuckhead.

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  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to Chris on Tue Jan 4 13:07:12 2022
    Chris wrote:
    ===========

    Let me make this simple for your simple mind:
    I spot a car that's left unlocked. I point it out to you. You steal
    the car. Who's the theif?

    You are complicit where you are aiding and abetting the theft through
    Joint Enterprise.

    Stop being such a pedantic fuckwit. There is no judge on this earth who would do me for saying to you, "hey that car's not locked".

    They absolutely would if, based on the knowledge you gave, Fred stole it
    and you did nothing to stop him.

    ** Utter bullshit.

    https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/inchoate-offences

    ** Only lying assholes post irrelevant links with no specifics.

    In fact, for serious crimes you could be prosecuted for simply suggesting a criminal act even if that act never occurred.

    ** Horse poo.
    You do not even know basic definitions.


    ..... Phil

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to Phil Allison on Tue Jan 4 21:46:34 2022
    XPost: uk.legal, uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    On Tue, 04 Jan 2022 20:50:23 -0000, Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> wrote:

    Raving Lunatic Arsehole Commander Kinsey wrote: =========================================

    Brian Gaff Shithead Troll puked:
    =============================

    I've only seen this one post, but I know pre production models of things >> >> can slip out for whatever reason.

    ** No you don't.

    I had a computer once where the pcb had
    been manufactured with a fault, tend you can clearly see back then where the
    tracks had been manually cut and wires bridged the contacts to the right >> >> places, leaving the tracks as orphans.

    ** So fucking what ? That is not an example..


    Likewise a number of Sinclair ZX Spectrums in the early days were made with
    known faulty ULA chips and a logic chip glued to the surface with its legs
    splayed and wired to make the circuit work.

    ** Still very much meant to be sold - so not a failed prototype.

    The first batch of Phillips CD100s the very first CD player on the market >> >> had quite a lot of wires cut tracks and components wired in odd ways inside
    it. I have to say that none of these what we might call bodges ever caused
    any trouble during the lives of the products.

    ** Just destroyed your own bullshit case.

    Do grow up.

    ** You need to stop fucking your elderly mom.

    Thanks for reinforcing your childishness.

    And if you're going to insult someone, you need to post it to the group he reads it in.

    ** The "reply all '' icon works for me.
    Fuckhead.

    No, it's broken. You're only posting to one group, and he isn't in it.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Ralph Mowery@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 4 17:15:24 2022
    In article <a7a7f139-fbf3-467c-86f5-46f181638a42n@googlegroups.com>, pallison49@gmail.com says...
    A manufacturer here in Sydney ( Jands Electronics) made a "pre-production" batch of a new model power amplifier for professional use.
    They wisely chose to road test it in the expected environment - on the road with live bands.
    They proved to be problematic in several respects and the design was heavily revised for the production version.
    The sample amps were fully labelled with the maker's logo and the same model number as the later versions.
    Think there were about 20 of them, put into storage for eventual disposal.

    Then an enterprising staff member obtained them and decided he could sell them all to a local second hand dealer - letting him believe they were just like the regular models on sale at the time - but for a very low price so giving him a large mark up.



    Sounds like many of the components comming out of China on ebay. Others
    they must relable junk parts to company logos.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to Mr Pounder Esquire on Tue Jan 4 21:41:33 2022
    XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, uk.legal

    On Tue, 04 Jan 2022 20:09:34 -0000, Mr Pounder Esquire <MrPounder@rationalthought.com> wrote:

    Commander Kinsey wrote:
    On Mon, 03 Jan 2022 22:44:24 -0000, Phil Allison
    <pallison49@gmail.com> wrote:
    Commander Kinsey Raving Lunatic wrote:
    ====================

    ** True story:

    A manufacturer here in Sydney ( Jands Electronics) made a
    "pre-production" batch of a new model power amplifier for
    professional use. They wisely chose to road test it in the
    expected environment - on the road with live bands. They proved to be >>>>> problematic in several respects and the design
    was heavily revised for the production version. The sample amps were >>>>> fully labelled with the maker's logo and the
    same model number as the later versions.

    Well that was pretty stupid of them.

    ** Not at all - if problems were small or fixable the amps would
    have been used in the same company's hire business. Needed to
    look right for that job.

    No need to have the same model number.

    Think there were about 20 of them, put into storage for eventual
    disposal. Then an enterprising staff member obtained them and decided >>>>> he
    could sell them all to a local second hand dealer
    - letting him believe they were just like the regular models on
    sale at the time - but for a very low price so giving him a large
    mark up. So he lied.

    ** No. He deceived a gullible fool and sold items that wound up
    hurting the company he worked for.

    That is a lie, he did not say they were tests.

    But my question was about selling them as engineering samples.

    ** The situations are parallel.

    In both cases the items were not meant for sale for good reasons.
    And assholes like YOU wanted to circumvent that decision for their
    own benefit.

    No, if I buy an engineering sample advertised as such, I don't expect
    it to work perfectly.
    Newsgroups reinstated.

    Hucker is a well known troll. Best not to feed the twat.

    How's your husband doing?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to Raving Lunatic Arsehole Commander K on Tue Jan 4 14:49:37 2022
    Raving Lunatic Arsehole Commander Kinsey wrote:
    =========================================
    Brian Gaff Shithead Troll puked:
    =============================

    I've only seen this one post, but I know pre production models of things
    can slip out for whatever reason.

    ** No you don't.

    I had a computer once where the pcb had
    been manufactured with a fault, tend you can clearly see back then where the
    tracks had been manually cut and wires bridged the contacts to the right
    places, leaving the tracks as orphans.

    ** So fucking what ? That is not an example..


    Likewise a number of Sinclair ZX Spectrums in the early days were made with
    known faulty ULA chips and a logic chip glued to the surface with its legs
    splayed and wired to make the circuit work.

    ** Still very much meant to be sold - so not a failed prototype.

    The first batch of Phillips CD100s the very first CD player on the market
    had quite a lot of wires cut tracks and components wired in odd ways inside
    it. I have to say that none of these what we might call bodges ever caused
    any trouble during the lives of the products.

    ** Just destroyed your own bullshit case.

    Do grow up.

    ** You need to stop fucking your elderly mom.

    Thanks for reinforcing your childishness.

    ** But you need to stop mother fucking - really.


    And if you're going to insult someone, you need to post it to the group he reads it in.

    ** The "reply all '' icon works for me.
    Fuckhead.

    No, it's broken.

    ** Tell Google Groups, not me.

    You're only posting to one group, and he isn't in it.

    ** But *strangely* his words are .... and he reacted to my post.

    Leave that old lady alone you cruel pervert.
    =================================

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to Commander Kinsey Raving Lunatic on Tue Jan 4 14:54:19 2022
    Commander Kinsey Raving Lunatic wrote:
    ==============================

    But my question was about selling them as engineering samples.

    ** The situations are parallel.

    In both cases the items were not meant for sale for good reasons.
    And assholes like YOU wanted to circumvent that decision for their own benefit.

    No,

    ** Yes - you fucking LIAR

    Again, "my question was about selling them as engineering samples",

    ** With a caveat they were not for sale as they may contain defects. Exactly like the 20 amps I cited.
    FOAD you pig headed troll.

    If the buyer knows what they're getting,

    ** Fake use of "if" condition.

    Just like ALL your narcissistic, fucked up, fake reasoning.

    FOAD - asshole.


    ..... Phil

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to FUCKWIT Commander Kinsey on Tue Jan 4 15:12:30 2022
    Total FUCKWIT Commander Kinsey wrote:
    =================================

    Knowingly handling stolen goods is illegal.

    Not knowing they're stolen doesn't mean you get to keep them. They will rightfully be confiscated from you.

    It's not rightfull.

    ** By law they must be - so rightful.

    The person who stole them should be made to reimburse me.

    ** LOL - more narcissistic CRAP from a total fuckhead.

    Responsibility works it's way up the tree.
    Each party owes the one they supplied, unless the *purchaser* was knowing OR reckless at to legal ownership.
    Then they are liable for handling stolen property.

    FYI:

    In my business ( electronics repairs) I sometimes get offered stolen items to fix.
    The giveaway is the "owner" has no clue about the fault or how the thing is even operated.
    Refusing to say how or where he got it is a cincher as are missing serial numbers.

    If I know or reasonably suspect an item in my workshop was stolen, I cannot legally give it back.
    Funny how the culprits do not see it that way....


    ..... Phil

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to Ralph Mowery on Wed Jan 5 02:05:55 2022
    XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, uk.legal

    On Tue, 04 Jan 2022 22:15:24 -0000, Ralph Mowery <rmowery42@charter.net> wrote:

    In article <a7a7f139-fbf3-467c-86f5-46f181638a42n@googlegroups.com>, pallison49@gmail.com says...
    A manufacturer here in Sydney ( Jands Electronics) made a "pre-production" batch of a new model power amplifier for professional use.
    They wisely chose to road test it in the expected environment - on the road with live bands.
    They proved to be problematic in several respects and the design was heavily revised for the production version.
    The sample amps were fully labelled with the maker's logo and the same model number as the later versions.
    Think there were about 20 of them, put into storage for eventual disposal. >>
    Then an enterprising staff member obtained them and decided he could sell them all to a local second hand dealer - letting him believe they were just like the regular models on sale at the time - but for a very low price so giving him a large mark up.

    Sounds like many of the components comming out of China on ebay. Others
    they must relable junk parts to company logos.

    Some is good, some is shit, but you can get money back for the shit.

    I bought some Li Ion batteries claiming 2.5 times more capacity than the best Panasonic ones. They actually had a third of the Panasonic's capacity when I tested them. As soon as I suggested they weren't up to spec, I got a 100% refund and could keep
    them. They know they're fiddling.

    But I bought a battery charger for 99p including postage from China, and it works perfectly.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to Raving Lunatic Arsehole Commander K on Tue Jan 4 18:18:38 2022
    Raving Lunatic Arsehole Commander Kinsey wrote:
    =========================================
    Brian Gaff Shithead Troll puked:
    =============================

    ** Just destroyed your own bullshit case.

    Do grow up.

    ** You need to stop fucking your elderly mom.

    Thanks for reinforcing your childishness.

    ** But you need to stop mother fucking - really.
    Don't be such a prude.

    ** Take pig rooting instread.


    ** Tell Google Groups, not me.

    ROTFPMSL! You use google groups?!

    ** Works really well.

    I think I ought to killfile anyone using that shite.

    ** Go ahead = make my day ...

    You're only posting to one group, and he isn't in it.

    ** But *strangely* his words are .... and he reacted to my post.

    AFAIK he's only in alt.computer.workshop.

    ** I have known Brian Gaff for almost 20 years.
    He lives in the UK, posts only on " uk.rec.audio ",
    he is geriatric, blind and a massive troll.

    But a not a raving, psycho morn like you.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to Commander Kinsey on Tue Jan 4 19:28:36 2022
    XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, uk.legal

    On 01/04/2022 12:05 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
    On Tue, 04 Jan 2022 17:05:30 -0000, Andrew
    <Andrew97d-junk@mybtinternet.com> wrote:

    On 04/01/2022 16:08, charles wrote:
    In article <sr1psh$2l2$1@dont-email.me>, Harry Bloomfield Esq
    <a@harrym1byt.plus.com> wrote:
    rbowman wrote :
    Osborne came out with a 100 column conversion for the Osborne 1. CMOS >>>>> was a new technology and while it normally saved power, dissipation
    increased with frequency. The circuit would work until the chip got
    hot. I replace it with the equivalent LS part and all was good.

    The BBC computer had a similar problem - the early versions had to have >>>> an heatsink on a certain chip to keep it cool, I half remember.

    I had one of the very early ones and don't remember any such problem.


    They were supplied initially with a non-switching P/S that ran rather
    hot, but a better switch-mode power supply (astec?) was supplied
    free-of-charge a few months later.

    The ones I encountered were very heavy, so I assume not switching. I
    don't remember excessive heat. It's not like we used to run the CPUs
    flat out back then.

    What, you didn't have a Turbo button?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to rbowman on Wed Jan 5 18:14:41 2022
    XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, uk.legal

    On Wed, 05 Jan 2022 02:28:36 -0000, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

    On 01/04/2022 12:05 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
    On Tue, 04 Jan 2022 17:05:30 -0000, Andrew
    <Andrew97d-junk@mybtinternet.com> wrote:

    On 04/01/2022 16:08, charles wrote:
    In article <sr1psh$2l2$1@dont-email.me>, Harry Bloomfield Esq
    <a@harrym1byt.plus.com> wrote:
    rbowman wrote :
    Osborne came out with a 100 column conversion for the Osborne 1. CMOS >>>>>> was a new technology and while it normally saved power, dissipation >>>>>> increased with frequency. The circuit would work until the chip got >>>>>> hot. I replace it with the equivalent LS part and all was good.

    The BBC computer had a similar problem - the early versions had to have >>>>> an heatsink on a certain chip to keep it cool, I half remember.

    I had one of the very early ones and don't remember any such problem.


    They were supplied initially with a non-switching P/S that ran rather
    hot, but a better switch-mode power supply (astec?) was supplied
    free-of-charge a few months later.

    The ones I encountered were very heavy, so I assume not switching. I
    don't remember excessive heat. It's not like we used to run the CPUs
    flat out back then.

    What, you didn't have a Turbo button?

    I had one on a 386, which didn't even have a heatsink. That changed it from 8MHz to 16MHz. I'd so love to travel back in time with some recent kit and laugh at their technology.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to Phil Allison on Wed Jan 5 18:13:35 2022
    XPost: uk.d-i-y

    On Wed, 05 Jan 2022 02:18:38 -0000, Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> wrote:

    Raving Lunatic Arsehole Commander Kinsey wrote:
    =========================================
    Brian Gaff Shithead Troll puked:
    =============================

    ** Just destroyed your own bullshit case.

    Do grow up.

    ** You need to stop fucking your elderly mom.

    Thanks for reinforcing your childishness.

    ** But you need to stop mother fucking - really.
    Don't be such a prude.

    ** Take pig rooting instread.

    Ugh.

    And what's with the asterisks?

    ** Tell Google Groups, not me.

    ROTFPMSL! You use google groups?!

    ** Works really well.

    Clearly not. I bet you use webmail too.

    I think I ought to killfile anyone using that shite.

    ** Go ahead = make my day ...

    You can only say that when brandishing a gun.

    You're only posting to one group, and he isn't in it.

    ** But *strangely* his words are .... and he reacted to my post.

    AFAIK he's only in alt.computer.workshop.

    ** I have known Brian Gaff for almost 20 years.
    He lives in the UK, posts only on " uk.rec.audio ",
    he is geriatric, blind and a massive troll.

    But a not a raving, psycho morn like you.

    Oops, wrong person, I was thinking of David. Brian in is uk.d-i-y.

    He is blind, but the other two things are inapplicable.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to Raving Lunatic Arsehole Commander K on Wed Jan 5 13:46:01 2022
    Raving Lunatic Arsehole Commander Kinsey wrote:
    =========================================
    Brian Gaff Shithead Troll puked:
    =============================

    ** Just destroyed your own bullshit case.

    ** Works really well.
    Clearly not.

    ** Bullshit.


    I think I ought to killfile anyone using that shite.

    ** Go ahead = make my day ...

    You can only say that when brandishing a gun.

    ** More bullshit. When Reagan famously spoke it, there was no gun,


    AFAIK he's only in alt.computer.workshop.

    ** I have known Brian Gaff for almost 20 years.
    He lives in the UK, posts only on " uk.rec.audio ",
    he is geriatric, blind and a massive troll.

    But a not a raving, psycho morn like you.

    Oops, wrong person, I was thinking of David.

    ** You are full of bullshit - right to the eyeballs.

    He is blind, but the other two things are inapplicable.

    ** Brian Gaff is all of them and more.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to Phil Allison on Sat Jan 8 19:59:43 2022
    On Wed, 05 Jan 2022 21:46:01 -0000, Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> wrote:

    Raving Lunatic Arsehole Commander Kinsey wrote:
    =========================================
    Brian Gaff Shithead Troll puked:
    =============================

    ** Just destroyed your own bullshit case.

    ** Works really well.
    Clearly not.

    ** Bullshit.

    Quote properly.

    I think I ought to killfile anyone using that shite.

    ** Go ahead = make my day ...

    You can only say that when brandishing a gun.

    ** More bullshit. When Reagan famously spoke it, there was no gun,

    Is he your idol?

    AFAIK he's only in alt.computer.workshop.

    ** I have known Brian Gaff for almost 20 years.
    He lives in the UK, posts only on " uk.rec.audio ",
    he is geriatric, blind and a massive troll.

    But a not a raving, psycho morn like you.

    Oops, wrong person, I was thinking of David.

    ** You are full of bullshit - right to the eyeballs.

    He is blind, but the other two things are inapplicable.

    ** Brian Gaff is all of them and more.

    {[£$^* What's with the symbols you silly child?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 8 15:00:09 2022
    Raving Lunatic Arsehole Commander Kinsey wrote:
    =========================================


    ** When you have noting left to say -
    SHUT THE FUCK UP !!!!

    LOSER.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Phil Allison@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 8 16:34:41 2022
    Raving Lunatic Fucking Arsehole Commander Kinsey wrote: =====================================

    ** When you have nothing left to say -

    SHUT THE FUCK UP !!!!

    ASD fucked LOSER.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to Phil Allison on Sun Jan 9 17:24:27 2022
    On Sun, 09 Jan 2022 00:34:41 -0000, Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> wrote:

    Raving Lunatic Fucking Arsehole Commander Kinsey wrote: =====================================

    ** When you have nothing left to say -

    SHUT THE FUCK UP !!!!
    ASD fucked LOSER.

    ***************************************************************************

    There, go play with those you silly little child.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to Phil Allison on Mon Jan 10 17:06:48 2022
    On Tue, 04 Jan 2022 23:12:30 -0000, Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> wrote:

    Total FUCKWIT Commander Kinsey wrote:
    =================================

    Knowingly handling stolen goods is illegal.

    Not knowing they're stolen doesn't mean you get to keep them. They will
    rightfully be confiscated from you.

    It's not rightfull.

    ** By law they must be - so rightful.

    The person who stole them should be made to reimburse me.

    ** LOL - more narcissistic CRAP from a total fuckhead.

    Responsibility works it's way up the tree.
    Each party owes the one they supplied, unless the *purchaser* was knowing OR reckless at to legal ownership.
    Then they are liable for handling stolen property.

    FYI:

    In my business ( electronics repairs) I sometimes get offered stolen items to fix.
    The giveaway is the "owner" has no clue about the fault or how the thing is even operated.
    Refusing to say how or where he got it is a cincher as are missing serial numbers.

    If I know or reasonably suspect an item in my workshop was stolen, I cannot legally give it back.
    Funny how the culprits do not see it that way....


    ..... Phil


    {{{{ Stop the nonsense

    $$$$ with the symbols you self righteous arse.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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