Re: tamayatech let down

> On Dec 26, 2021, at 10:00 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > > I got a kick out of the eBay sellers flogging logic analyzers without > the pods, advertising them as "working". How can you tell? I guess that at least reveals sellers whose item condition statements cannot be trusted.

Re: tamayatech let down

On 12/26/21 9:30 PM, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: > "worked the last time used but no guarantees and are sold as is" > > Reminds me of the test and tag rip-off that has been embedded in > legislation. > > It was OK when we tested it at 3pm on Tuesday afternoon Your Honor. > > Gone are the

Re: tamayatech let down

On 12/26/2021 7:49 PM, Ali wrote: Not sure what you mean here. Refurbished means that a seller has brought an item to the original operating specs and that the item will operate as it should. This is also eBay's meaning of refurbished. So I am not sure why you think they "screwed" it up. I

Re: tamayatech let down

"worked the last time used but no guarantees and are sold as is" Reminds me of the test and tag rip-off that has been embedded in legislation. It was OK when we tested it at 3pm on Tuesday afternoon Your Honor. Gone are the days of personal accountability. On Mon, 27 Dec 2021, 2:50 pm Ali via

RE: tamayatech let down

> Epay has messed the definitions up into a useless mess. > > I'd expect a vendor not selling on such to actually test the items. > Whether they are warranted is a separate issue. > > On ebay they've screwed over sellers to the point that it's all but > wasting time to list there unless you

Re: tamayatech let down

Epay has messed the definitions up into a useless mess. I'd expect  a vendor not selling on such to actually test the items.  Whether they are warranted is a separate issue. On ebay they've screwed over sellers to the point that it's all but wasting time to list there unless you sell either

RE: tamayatech let down

> Side question, if I may, but what does "refurbished" mean within the > context of sellers like this? Board [fully] tested and working? Or > simply > "visually good"? Or have components such as electrolytic capacitors > that > might be marginal from old age been tested and replaced with new >

Re: tamayatech let down

On 12/20/21 8:32 PM, Jacob Ritorto via cctalk wrote: I think I should pass on my experience as a warning to others. I googled around for a particular PDP-11 board I needed and tamayatech.com was a hit, with "buy now" option and condition: refurbished. Side question, if I may, but what does

Re: tamayatech let down

I don't know who is left, but a friend who has a system running on a DS-20 alpha system migrated off the hardware as the vendor supporting them was withdrawing support (finally) for that and some others.  But they also supported hardware replacement for them, and migrated them to Intel

Re: tamayatech let down

Hi Jacob and list, some years ago, I was also interested in some of their boards. The first thing I usually do with companies I didn't deal with, yet, is to contact them with questions to see if I get an answer and of what type it is. >From tamayatech, I never got any answers. Thus, I never

"Voltmitten": an amateur overdesigns a DC voltage monitor

Hi cctalk, Ever since CuriousMarc put out his YouTube horror film last April about a killer HP 9825T power supply , I've been worrying about how my own comparably-aged systems might avoid a similar fate, at least