On Tue, 11 Jul 95 15:48:00 PDT, Doore, Dan [MIS] said:
> > maybe it was a bad batch that SAMCo (and no doubt many other companies
> > around the world) bought....
> Call me a cynic, but why does that sound the most plausible explanation?
In that case, could SamCo (in theory) get the defective goods replaced
free of charge?
Anyway, where are all these people who complained of black-and-white Sams?
They should now know that the crystal is a probable source of the problem.
It costs about #1.20 if I remember correctly and you can get them from
Farnell or Maplin. My parents got mine from the local electronics shop,
but the shop had to order it from Farnell. There is, infuriatingly, no
local electronics shop[*] anywhere near Oxford.
imc
[*] Except Tandy, but the most complicated things they seem to sell are
resistors!
