My favorite stupid export story was a made-in-China computer that could not be exported back to China. We actually had one of these at work.
But I think those days are long gone. Most of these stories are from the 1980s On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 5:26 PM Stuart Stevenson <[email protected]> wrote: > I had to sign DOD papers to be able to import a Fanuc 15MB control. It is a > submarine control. 28 axis capable. (What I was told). (not really sure > what the truth is). > > If the company moves the machine to another address or sells the machine > the DOD is to be notified. > > > > On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 10:54 AM Gene Heskett <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Saturday 25 September 2021 09:50:31 John Figie wrote: > > > > > Actually the US export regulation is 600 hz. I worked in servo drive > > > development. > > > > > Thanks for the update John. > > > > In a roundabout way, that does seem to indicate that what Todd needs is > > going to be American made, accompanied by scary permit paperwork, and > > because of its limited use experience to fix common problems, not as > > dependable as we are used to. > > > > Among other things is the frozen technology. One of my sons /was/ working > > in a shop that repairs electronic stuff from nuclear power facilities. > > All of that tech is frozen at 1960ish tech levels, making it illegal to > > use a more modern, thousands of times more dependable semiconductor > > device to repair them. With all the environmental tests such repairs > > must pass, makes replacing a shorted 1n34 diode, which I could do for a > > few cents and my time, into a 10 to 50 thousand dollar job with 50% of > > that being the world wide search for an original part. You can't replace > > a a half watt rated 5 cent in 1962 carbon composition resistor with a 6 > > month lifetime, with a 10 cent metal film fireproof version rated at 2 > > watts that barring mechanical destruction, would still be in tolerance > > when our star goes nova in its death throes billions of years hence. All > > because its type approved stuff and that would cancel the type approval. > > All the bill payers involved are non-technical and will say it worked > > that way once, make it work that way again with original parts only. > > > > I first ran into that in dealing with the military in 1961, working for a > > contractor who had a contract to maintain the portal door cameras at the > > Titan missle sites wrapped around EAFB at the time. Complaint was the > > camera was just barely working, and there were no spares. So I went out > > and got it, brought it back to EAFB and found a germainium diode, used > > as a back porch clamp switch had about a 10/1 front to back ratio. A > > very poor choice for such duties so I replaced it with a similar but si > > diode that was at least a million times better device for the job. Best > > picture I'd seen out of any of those 3 cameras in the previous year. But > > somebody, processing the payment discovered the part wasn't original and > > decreed that only original parts could be used. The fact that the camera > > now worked better than new was of zero interest, so they had the parts > > crib in the MAMS building find an original part (that took several > > months) and I had to put it in when they finally got it. In the meantime > > of course, the air force had to delegate a crew of mp rated flaps to > > guard the portal door (it was a revolving door that was designed to > > withstand a 500 feet above 50 megaton blast, and was 2 or 3 flights of > > stairs underground, probably weighed 10,000 lbs), because the camera > > wasn't to be re-installed until it had the original part in it. > > > > All of which was assinine from my point of view. But at that time I > > didn't even have a 1st phone, which I fixed shortly afterwards, then saw > > the comm college in Norfolk NE, (Johnny Carsen's home town) was doing > > C.E.T. testing a few years later so I walked in the door, laid a $20 > > (the application fee) on the profs desk and blew his mind 45 minutes > > later when I handed in the 4 hour test. He had been teaching that class > > for about 3 years then, and none of his students had passed it. I wasn't > > exactly impressed with his teaching ability. > > > > Pretty good for a guy with an 8th grade education. I quit school and went > > to work fixing them new fangled things called tv's in the middle of my > > freshman in high school year. The year was 1948. And WOI-tv in Ames Ia > > had been on the air about a year. First tv station in Iowa. > > > > But by summer next year, I'll have been retired for 20 years so I'm > > getting rusty. And despite the fact that I have now outlived all 3 > > wives, and 3 of the children the first one gave me, I still think I've > > had a good ride for what will be 87 years on 10/04. > > > > [...] > > > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > > - Louis D. 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