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> The companies buy lots of stuff that never gets used I seem to recall a few years ago, when looking for arcade ICs (Defender RAM IIRC) that unscrupulous sell
by stordoff 9y ago
> The companies buy lots of stuff that never gets used
I seem to recall a few years ago, when looking for arcade ICs (Defender RAM IIRC) that unscrupulous sellers would put working ICs at either end of the tube, and fakes/faulty parts in the middle. Unless you were using them all to do a full RAM replacement, you wouldn't know your spares were faulty.
- cable2600 9y agoI worked in a PC shop in 1990 and we got RAM chips in bulk and in plastic tubes. The dealers would put in counterfet chips that would not work because of shortages. Then issue a refund later on. Some PC shops also ripped off other PC shops doing horse trading involving RAM or CPU chips. Had a high defective rate back then. Nobody thpught to examine the chips, either threw them away, horsetraded them, or sent them back to dealer for a refund.