21 Jul
2024
21 Jul
'24
10:32 a.m.
On 21/07/2024 00:23, Steve Lewis via cctalk wrote:
A few years ago I got a FLIR camera, and on the back
it says "export
controlled" It's the only consumer-device I ever got that has an explicit
Export Controlled sticker on it. I imagine if I were to bring it with me
on a trip to China, that probably wouldn't go well.
I remember back in 1990 or so in the last years of the Soviet Union
when I was over in Moscow to help organize the first Soviet UNIX
conference. In the list of stuff we were not allowed to bring was
the Yamaha DX7 music synthesizer and the Apple LaserWriter. Both
had too much CPU power...
Julf