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D�ve qgo100@ubgznvy.pbz> <ROT13 for Email --> wrote in message
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> I called RCA for a schematic for a $200 TVCR,
> they wanted $85 + shipping for it!!!

Not very surprising given the low volume print runs etc I spose.

The dinosaurs should have free pdfs on their web sites by now.

> I guess they are selling a limited-edition, leather wrapped hardback
> version. I told them, for THAT price, it better come with a technician.

Soorree, slavery is illegal now.

> Over the past couple of years, it seems ALL the companies
> are hi-jacking their prices.   JVC is now selling some 20" TV
> syscon micro's for $87.00. That's more than a 1GHz Athlon.
> I don't recall seeing a big fan on the top of that JVC micro...

You aint paying for the heat it generates, silly.


> "Franc Zabkar" <franczabkar@dinggoblue.net.au> wrote in message
> news:3c6cc21a.9302851@news.dingoblue.net.au...
> > On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 10:18:42 +1300, Alan Liefting
> > <aliefting@ihug.co.nz> put finger to keyboard and composed:
> >
> > Don't make service manuals or circuit diagrams available. If you do,
> > ensure that only your service agents get one, or price them so highly
> > that the job becomes uneconomical.
> >
> > Don't identify yourself as the manufacturer. Hide behind your OEM
> > resellers who of course will have no facilities to repair anything
> > except by total replacement.
> >
> > Scrape the numbers off your IC's, or have them stamped with obscure
> > in-house part numbers. You don't want to make repairs too easy for the
> > end user or for a third party repairer who would otherwise be able to
> > source these $1 garden variety parts from any electronics store.
> >
> > Don't stock parts that could reasonably be expected to fail or wear
> > out, eg battery contacts, flex PCBs, remote control keypads, curly
> > cords. If you must supply them, then do so as part of a complete,
> > uneconomically priced assembly.
> >
> > Use flimsy non-standard (and hence unavailable) connectors for
> > attaching expensive proprietary AC adaptors, chargers, and
> > accessories.
> >
> > Use expensive sealed units which cannot be opened for service without
> > being damaged, and which are powered by an inexpensive internal
> > battery.
> >
> >
> > -- Franc Zabkar
> >
> > Please remove one 'g' from my address when replying by email.
> >
>
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