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In article <1992Nov16.213442.3829@julian.uwo.ca>,
wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) writes, in part:

>Why bother?  I mean, does the FCC actually police that kind of thing?
	Yes.  They have seized "millions and millions" of units and taken them
	off the marketplace.

>How many PC's are sold in warehouse and deptartment stores now?  Are
	Many.  FCC polices where it can.

>they class A?  Just how does the FCC get involved with the sale of
	I THINK spmepnes got it backwards.  Class A is noisier, Class B is
	quieter.

>electronic equipment?
	If it has "high speed" clock, they get to regulate it.  They have for
	years (about 10...)  They responded to a rising tide of consumer and RF 
	spectrum users about rfi from the large number of "digital" devices.
	They get to police radiators (of RF...)

>  Like, is it illegal to sell something that
>doesn't have an FCC Class?  How many mom & pop computer stores are
	You betcha.  Practically, they go after "big" names, but they do seize,
	they do destroy.

>building pc's from the case up?  
	Nope, they probably slide by.  Like speeding laws, some get caught,
	some get by.

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