From: Trevor Birch (Trevor.Birch_at_btclick.com)
Date: Tue Sep 23 2003 - 09:53:30 PDT
How about Ferdi lending one to PCBman (free of charge), so that he can put
us all out of our misery and state whether or not it is:
a. A copy or
b. Inferior quality.
If that's not acceptable, (and I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if it
wasn't) how about each sending their wares to an independent techie within
the group, acceptable to both, for a comparison and technical appraisal, as
Ferdi reckons his is better than PCBman's.
If it is just a copy, then I'm not impressed, if it's an improvement, then
that's a different matter.
I'm not a techie, but I would assume that within the technical; aesthetic
and physical restraints imposed by the Newton case and contents, there
cannot be too many ways of providing a serial port solution, nor too many
places to screw screws!
Regards Trevor Birch
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Humphreys, David (URB)" <david.humphreys_at_honeywell.com>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] URGENT: DO NOT BUY THIS, an aside.
No, No, No, my friend, let's not go off the deep end with fruitless legal
banter.
I am not going to stop his sale of this crap.(Though I would probably kick
his a** if I meet him ;-))
I will simply point out to him the error of his ways.
He is selling an inferior product (a clone of an earlier design) that is
built at home.
All that is required is public awareness of the situation. Everyone is able
to make a good decision based on the facts.
If you all decide to not buy his stuff then he WILL go away. He can't
survive in a hostile market.
Now, it is very likely that some of you have had a good experience with
Ferdi and wonder what all the fuss is about.
Well it's about honesty, integrity, and original thought; qualities that
Ferdi is lacking to a great degree.
I am both saddened and flattered.
Saddened that he would seek to profit from my original labor and flattered
that my design is so revolutionary that
someone would wish to copy it.
Make no mistake folks, it IS a copy, despite what he may say. I guess that
he would argue that because the board isn't
EXACTLY the same layout then it is totally different.
WRONG!
Having examined the picture on his page, it is striking how the outline,
mounting hole position, component placement and
reference designators are EXACTLY the same as my SER-001 rev - board. The
circuit has to be the same or it wouldn't work
so:
HOW CAN IT BE ANYTHING BUT A COPY?
I see his ebay page still has no mention of the 'home-brew' nature of these
boards.
I also see that he hasn't sold any yet.
The complete specifications link is dead also.
Caveat Emptor.
PCBman
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