[time-nuts] Datum Starloc II GPSDO issues

[Pete Lancashire]

I'm leaning toward Ed's bet. Having done sub contracting in the past,
when we completed modification work ESD requirements were
that the bags either sealed or closed with a static warning label.

On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Ed Palmer <ed_palmer at sasktel.net> wrote:
> On 2016-06-29 10:00 AM, Mark Sims wrote:
>>
>> I don't think so.  The day and year is there, only the month is 0.   The
>> guy selling them has them available in sealed factory case lots.  They look
>> new.  They are in sealed anti-static bags.  My guess is they came from
>> somebody's  product line closeout.
>> I did notice that several of their messages make liberal use of fields
>> that Trimble marks "reserved".
>
>
> Was yours in a sealed bag?  Looking at the auctions, they're described as
> 'New in open bags' or 'may have been opened'.  If I was the suspicious sort
> (oh wait, I am!) I'd suspect that there was a complete changeout of all
> units with fresh ones from the factory - perhaps due to one or more of the
> bugs you've found - and the ones being sold are the bad ones that were
> replaced and then junked.  If there are any that are sealed, they might be
> leftover good units. If you look for pictures of the Starloc II, it's a box
> with, probably, two boards; this one and a power converter, similar to the
> 'retail' version of the Thunderbolt.  It seems odd that a distributor would
> have a boxful of just this board.
>
> Ed
>
>
>
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