4 Jan
2007
4 Jan
'07
5:45 p.m.
On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:23:35 -0600, Jules Richardson wrote:
Yes, I can't figure that either. Surely it just
annoys customers, plus incurs
printing costs for the manufacturer? Why not just not release any schematics
in the first place?
Because in the good old days it was Federal law. The FTC or what ever they were called
then
required manufacturers to provide schematics for all electronic devices marketed int the
US. Had to
provide spare parts for something like 7 years too.... The lawyers changed all that years
ago.
Who else remembers the tiny little schematics inside, little transistor radios mostly from
Japan.
And all the 5 tube superhet radios with the schematics pasted on the bottom or back.
just my 0.02
Bob Bradlee
Bob