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LOL
I thought the same thing when I first saw the auction - I'm amazed he got so much for it 
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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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CPUShack
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| 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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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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JAC
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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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CS may just be the distributor?
I also have 286's marked with:
CT
JC
CS
CC
CH
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