19 Dec
2005
19 Dec
'05
2:52 p.m.
Subject: Re: Fw: Deck of IBM PLAYING CARDS GOES FOR $325
From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:38:02 +0000
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Paint likely signifies a special test or other qualification activities.
Allison
On 12/19/2005 at 1:02 PM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
Not sure that it's purely the cost of colour ink versus text. An IC typically
has extra information other than the basic part - manufacturer logo, family,
date code etc. which it would be hard to colour code completely. And if you're
having to print some of the data as plain text, it probably makes sense to do
it all that way.
Costs more.
Probably the reason All I'm talking about is paint
that's OK until it falls off :-)
cheers
Jules