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PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:30 pm    Post subject: Fair warning - "engineering samples" on eBay... Reply with quote

.. that are not really engineering samples:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-386-CPU-386DX-33-Engineering-Sample-A80386DX-33_W0QQitemZ310103511015QQihZ021QQcategoryZ96868QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-386-CPU-386DX-20-Engineering-Sample-A80386DX-20_W0QQitemZ310103509280QQihZ021QQcategoryZ96868QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Not clear whether it's a honest mistake of the seller (i.e. the chips are marked with "ES" letters on the back) or not.

Gennadiy


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I already sent him an email about these with an explanation of how to see they are production chips.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Fair warning - "engineering samples" on eBay.. Reply with quote

gshv wrote:
.. that are not really engineering samples:
Not clear whether it's a honest mistake of the seller (i.e. the chips are marked with "ES" letters on the back) or not.
Gennadiy


Love the sellers name "clevercomputing" Very Happy

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Where does he even get the idea that they are ES?
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Probably just plucked it out of his ESRA....
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think we all are aware this is not ES either :
http://cgi.ebay.com/AMD-N80C286-16-ES-27-CPU-UNSOLDER_W0QQitemZ230199667704QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hugo, there are a whole bunch of ES in that lot....can't you see - coprocESsor
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

LOL ! YES, and philipinES Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The seller has corrected the listings and sent me a message thanking me for pointing out the errors Smile
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