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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:       =============================       >       > 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        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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