On 2016-06-29 10:00 AM, Mark Sims wrote: > I don't think so. The day and year is there, only the month is 0. The guy selling them has them available in sealed factory case lots. They look new. They are in sealed anti-static bags. My guess is they came from somebody's product line closeout. > I did notice that several of their messages make liberal use of fields that Trimble marks "reserved". Was yours in a sealed bag? Looking at the auctions, they're described as 'New in open bags' or 'may have been opened'. If I was the suspicious sort (oh wait, I am!) I'd suspect that there was a complete changeout of all units with fresh ones from the factory - perhaps due to one or more of the bugs you've found - and the ones being sold are the bad ones that were replaced and then junked. If there are any that are sealed, they might be leftover good units. If you look for pictures of the Starloc II, it's a box with, probably, two boards; this one and a power converter, similar to the 'retail' version of the Thunderbolt. It seems odd that a distributor would have a boxful of just this board. Ed

I'm leaning toward Ed's bet. Having done sub contracting in the past, when we completed modification work ESD requirements were that the bags either sealed or closed with a static warning label. On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Ed Palmer <ed_palmer@sasktel.net> wrote: > On 2016-06-29 10:00 AM, Mark Sims wrote: >> >> I don't think so. The day and year is there, only the month is 0. The >> guy selling them has them available in sealed factory case lots. They look >> new. They are in sealed anti-static bags. My guess is they came from >> somebody's product line closeout. >> I did notice that several of their messages make liberal use of fields >> that Trimble marks "reserved". > > > Was yours in a sealed bag? Looking at the auctions, they're described as > 'New in open bags' or 'may have been opened'. If I was the suspicious sort > (oh wait, I am!) I'd suspect that there was a complete changeout of all > units with fresh ones from the factory - perhaps due to one or more of the > bugs you've found - and the ones being sold are the bad ones that were > replaced and then junked. If there are any that are sealed, they might be > leftover good units. If you look for pictures of the Starloc II, it's a box > with, probably, two boards; this one and a power converter, similar to the > 'retail' version of the Thunderbolt. It seems odd that a distributor would > have a boxful of just this board. > > Ed > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there.