Re: [NTLK] Warning: 20 MB Cards Recently on eBay

From: Larry R. Chan (eroadies_at_mindspring.com)
Date: Thu Jan 17 2002 - 22:20:09 EST

I bought one of those 32 MB Pretecs from GEM, don't think they were in a
router. I had suspected the Vikings were used in a router because when I
asked about them, they did not know where they came from. The 32 MB are
probably from the same source as the 2100s they are
selling/auctioning...from some vertical market user, my Pretec had what
looked like a proprietary pkg on it called Northstar.

Larry Chan
Pasadena CA

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[mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Brian
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 6:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [NTLK] Warning: 20 MB Cards Recently on eBay

>card. Well, it turned out that this card, according to its serial number,
>was part of a special batch that was made for, attention, Cisco Systems!
And
>the nice lady at Viking with whom I talked to said that their warranty
would
>apply only with Cisco.
>
>So, if you got one of those cards, be careful and don't put anything of
>value on it as the card can reach its read/write limit soon and you could
>loose it.

I just assume that any of the bigger linear flash on ebay is from a router;
that's likely also a coeect assumption for most of it as far as I can tell,
unless they say they are a Newton-ite that bought it new (not likely they
would ever get rid of it, since they are so expensive!)

How about the Pretecs from the GEM (Gary) reseller? Robert, didn't you get
one (as well as others)? Did they share where it came from, could someone
check the serial #'s with Pretec to see if it traces to Cisco?

Brian

(hmm.. if anyone here WORKS for Cisco, I could see possibilities for a
little enterpreneur-ship...) 

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