14 Nov
2022
14 Nov
'22
9:47 p.m.
> 1) A piece of tamper-proof tape, labeled
"breaking this seal voids
> warranty". If you do major modifications to something, such as a TRS80
> model 1, always put a fresh tamper-evident seal on it afterwards, to
> re-enable the warranty.
On Mon, 14 Nov 2022, geneb wrote:
It's a lot less effort to tell them the sticker
was illegal to begin with. ;)
. . . and have him have to escalate it to somebody authorized to make
exceptions, or argue with tandy lawyers?
Nah, it's more FUN to excuse the piggy-backed chips and extra circuitry
added in with, "well, it's like building a boat in a bottle, and if the
seal isn't broken, then the warraanty is still valid, even with
modifications"
Although, for a while, we had a tech at the local Radio Shack "Computer
Center", who would gladly ignore any modifications for which we gave him
circuit diagrams. (lower case, extra keys, memory remapping, RCA
jack for composite video out, reverse video, etc.)