bryce@hoser.berkeley.edu (Bryce Nesbitt) (10/01/87)
In article <2416@cbmvax.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes: >In article <3822@zen.berkeley.edu> bryce@hoser.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Bryce Nesbitt) writes: >> ... US companies always use the FCC as a scapegoat for >> late products... > >Somehow, I don't think you've tried to get an entire system thru FCC lately. Gulp. Correct. The comment still stands. Don't direct it at the companies that have trouble with the FCC, but rather companies that have trouble, and blame the FCC. The old "FCC" doge has been used for products that don't even work yet. FCC registration is a matter of public record. At one time the FCC even maintained a BBS at 301-725-1072, 1200 Baud, 8 Bits, No Parity. The registration status for almost everything was available on-line. The only time I have needed to pass FCC it was a simple matter of taking the product and a system to the local testing lab. They record while someone plays the game called "antenna" with any dangly bits. They took care of 90% the paperwork; a nice package deal. The system failed the first test. Turns out the computer itself would not pass even without the product in it! The real disturbing thing was that the lab offered to cheat. We solved the issue by heading to the local 7-Eleven** and picking up a newer computer that would pass. A monitor and the product constituted the entire system; half the ports were left unattached. Nobody has asked any questions since. (More triva: Just for fun we added a joystick to the above system and took a limited reading, which was well above the limit) I'll assume that a larger company faces a more formidable and structured task. ** Maybe it was a K-Mart :-) |\ /| . Ack! (NAK, ENQ, SYN) {o O} . (") bryce@hoser.berkeley.EDU -or- ucbvax!hoser!bryce U How can you go back if you have not yet gone forth?