[Techtoolslist] New PCB design?

[John Robertson]

Hmm, hadn't thought of that. Makes sense!

John :-#)#

At 7:08 PM -0700 10/18/06, Tony Gonzalez wrote:

>Probably a display dummy.

>

>

>--- John Robertson <jrr at flippers.com> wrote:

>

>>  I think the eBay seller was scammed - the auction

>>  story was this was

>>  found in a storage unit. I suspect someone (service

>>  tech?) previously

>>  simply stole the PCB, and popped the Styrofoam in to

>>  replace it and

>>  it then went back to the owner who promptly forgot

>>  about it.

>>

>>  Oddly enough the socket IS the original one for the

>>  burner and the

>>  LEDs are the correct colours for the locations they

>>  occupy. Someone

>>  went to some trouble!

>>

>>  It seems a bit too obvious for a technical person to

>>  not notice this

>>  'feature' when they would buy it that leads me to

>>  assume the seller

>>  is innocent. They don't sell any other electronic

>>  gear. I've simply

>>  asked for my money back and I shall then mail it

>>  back to him...

>>

>>  No reply so far (six hours)! I think my feedback

>>  could prove to be

>>  interesting if I'm not satisfied (link to pictures

>>  comes to mind!).

>>

>>  Always best to not annoy techies or computer nerds,

>>  isn't it?

>>

>>  John ;-#)#

>>

>>  At 8:17 PM -0400 10/18/06, Christopher X. Candreva

>>  wrote:

>>  >On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, John Robertson wrote:

>>  >

>>  >>  Had an amusing purchase on eBay - twas supposed

>>  to be a Xeltek Superpro

>>  >>  burner...received it (well packed), and tried to

>>  hook it up. Hmmm,

>>  >>wrong DB25

>>  >>  plug on unit. Let's open and see what the

>>  problem is...

>>  >

>>  >Wow, that's an awful lot of work. To FIND such a

>>  case, know that a ZIF

>>  >socket goes there.

>>  >

>>  >Do you have enough information to nail the guy ?

>>  >

>>

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