I'm leaning toward Ed's bet. Having done sub contracting in the past, when we completed modification work ESD requirements were that the bags either sealed or closed with a static warning label.
On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Ed Palmer <ed_pal...@sasktel.net> wrote: > On 2016-06-29 10:00 AM, Mark Sims wrote: >> >> I don't think so. The day and year is there, only the month is 0. The >> guy selling them has them available in sealed factory case lots. They look >> new. They are in sealed anti-static bags. My guess is they came from >> somebody's product line closeout. >> I did notice that several of their messages make liberal use of fields >> that Trimble marks "reserved". > > > Was yours in a sealed bag? Looking at the auctions, they're described as > 'New in open bags' or 'may have been opened'. If I was the suspicious sort > (oh wait, I am!) I'd suspect that there was a complete changeout of all > units with fresh ones from the factory - perhaps due to one or more of the > bugs you've found - and the ones being sold are the bad ones that were > replaced and then junked. If there are any that are sealed, they might be > leftover good units. If you look for pictures of the Starloc II, it's a box > with, probably, two boards; this one and a power converter, similar to the > 'retail' version of the Thunderbolt. It seems odd that a distributor would > have a boxful of just this board. > > Ed > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.