27 Jan
2023
27 Jan
'23
9:07 p.m.
On 01/27/2023 3:00 PM CST Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 1/27/2023 3:53 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
Apparently. They did it for years until Epson started manufacturing
over here.
bill
That was a common practice in those days. I remember seeing news stories about it. I
"think" a law was passed in late 80s forbidding that. A lot of products now say
"this box was (proudly) made in the USA.
Will
> and
IBM sold what seems to be a re-badged Epson MX-80,
On Fri, 27 Jan 2023, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
Yes, I always got a kick out of these. Came in an
IBM box labeled
"Made in
USA". The only thing "Made in USA" was the box.
So, it was honest
to label the box, "Made in USA"?