12 Mar
2003
12 Mar
'03
11:07 a.m.
If it's not "old" then it's "new." Any spinning to try and
make something
seem old, when all the parts were recently made is deceptive, unless it is
made crystal clear that this is just a remanufacture of an old design.
Clearly, some of the parts have not been manufactured in some time, so
those parts by definition are old. However, any attempt (or missing
description) that fails to describe the reality of this kit, is still
deception, in my opinion.
From:
"Mike" <kenziem(a)sympatico.ca>
I asked about the kit and the owner did say that it was a new one he
had purchased. I guess that not every one asks about the product they
are buying. I was expecting the owner to add a note to the ad
mentioning that
it
was a 'NEW' kit.
It's a little hard to quantify 'NEW' for these Mark-8's... while the
boards were made
recently, they were made from the original published patterns, and are
not plated-through or otherwise 'newer' than the originals except in the
age of the raw materials. The Radio-Electronics articles have all the
layouts, and some
number of Mark-8's were home etched, or even wire-wrapped, so it's not
like there's One True Source. When I built mine (from Steve Gabaly's
boards), I was
able to find most of the TTL parts in 70's vintage. So how 'new' is it?