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Article #7943Re: PC ROM copying (Actually, getting a clone aboard)
From: Nai Chi Lee
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1986 14:09
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1986 14:09
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> My brother-in-law is about to take a trip to the orient, and was > thinking about buying an MS-DOS computer off the shelf in Taiwan or Korea and > bringing it back with him. Does anyone know what technical or > legal issues need to be considered to pull this off? It is usually not worth while. You can get those PC clones here dirt-cleap (look at ads on Byte). While you may save one to two hundred dollars on the system if you buy it in Taiwan or Korea, you can forget about technical support and warrentee. Those things are damn heavy and can get damaged easily during transit. Also, you may get into trouble with the US custom if the machine don't have FCC approval.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!harvard!rclex!drilex!axiom!linus!philabs!sbcs!nclee From: nclee@sbcs.UUCP (Nai Chi Lee) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: PC ROM copying (Actually, getting a clone aboard) Message-ID: <185@sbcs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Sep-86 10:09:50 EDT Article-I.D.: sbcs.185 Posted: Fri Sep 19 10:09:50 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Sep-86 20:53:14 EDT References: <1791@mmintl.UUCP> <9200018@clio> <630@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Organization: Computer Science Dept, SUNY@Stony Brook Lines: 12