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   Phil Allison to All   
   Re: Why are engineering sample CPUs ille   
   04 Jan 22 00:45:15   
   
   From: pallison49@gmail.com   
      
    Brian Gaff Shithead Trollpuked:   
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   >   
   > 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   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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