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PostPosted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:54 pm    Post subject: CS or not CS, Intel 286 Reply with quote

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8772775690&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

so I have a pile of 286 LCCs here
stamped with various codes
CH 35
AX
CC
CH 24
CH 819
CC
CH 901
CS 29


So does CS really mean Customer Sample?

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

LOL

I thought the same thing when I first saw the auction - I'm amazed he got so much for it Smile

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

exactly lol
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't think it is a customer sample. Didn't we talk about this before? Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think it is a Customer Sample. Reason why I think so is because of the big, bold font of the CS stamp. If it were to be just another factory or country marking, I'm sure they'd print it out in the same font size. It would be stupid to make it different. Also customer samples are just regular retail chips pulled from a production line then stamped get stamped with "CS". This should explain the irregularity of the mark size.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

chiptalk wrote:
I don't think it is a customer sample. Didn't we talk about this before? Wink


yes but that was for Zilog chips I thought

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

chipcollector wrote:
I think it is a Customer Sample. Reason why I think so is because of the big, bold font of the CS stamp. If it were to be just another factory or country marking, I'm sure they'd print it out in the same font size. It would be stupid to make it different. Also customer samples are just regular retail chips pulled from a production line then stamped get stamped with "CS". This should explain the irregularity of the mark size.


but on the chips I have the CH etc is in a different font.

or I have some that are CS, in the same font as everything else.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

exactly 2 years ago we had a poll about that theme:

http://www.cpu-world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=541

I think we need something like a FAQ

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yup, can do
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That CS L@@ks nice and "fake" too.

To me thats not a customer sample, but I cannot back that up, and it seems to those that think it is a customer sample, they cant back it up either. So you makes your choice and pays your money.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Borris70 wrote:
exactly 2 years ago we had a poll about that theme:

http://www.cpu-world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=541

I think we need something like a FAQ


Borris found what I was talking about! I knew we discussed this... wow, 2 years goes by fast!
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

CS may just be the distributor?

I also have 286's marked with:

CT
JC
CS
CC
CH

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