Re: Conrad - scammer?

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

STYNX <stynx@gmx.de> wrote:
> Michael Black:
>> That's not a good example, ...
> 
> ;-)
> 
> You are right! Apple made it pretty easy to clone the A2. The copycats
> still made nearly exact copies of the board and case (even bugs). The
> point is, that if someone has already demonstrated that an Idea works,
> copying this with the help of a finished product is simpler than coming
> up with your own Ideas. It might still be a hell of a job though... and take some time.
> ---
> Same with the A-bomb ... the Commies copied the A-bomb from the US. They
> had their own ideas, but used the (early) US-Design at first to have a
> 100% working A-bomb. Later they used their own concepts.
> 
> -Jonas

It really is technically trivial to clone a 2-layer board with only
off-the-shelf components--even easier than entering the schematic and
re-laying it out. 

The IIgs accelerators have boards with buried layers and custom programmed
parts--a bigger project, for sure. 

-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon