cassiel@well.sf.ca.us (Paul Theodoropoulos) (05/05/91)
Kevin Darling writes: >> Could someone here with a DCTV, open it up and post the chip numbers >> they find? welllll, i opened up my DCTV and was confronted with a thin paper tab that stated that <paraphrased> "if this seal is broken, the warranty is void", and it was glued across the two halves of the case. and the insides are surrounded by a foil rf sheild, so nothing can be seen. but then, it's a ninety day warranty....so, drop me a line in two months, and i'll let you know what's inside. ;^) paul theodoropoulos cassiel@well.sf.ca.us
kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) (05/05/91)
cassiel@well.sf.ca.us (Paul Theodoropoulos) writes: >welllll, i opened up my DCTV and was confronted with a thin paper tab >that stated that <paraphrased> "if this seal is broken, the warranty is >void", and it was glued across the two halves of the case. and the >insides are surrounded by a foil rf sheild, so nothing can be seen. > >but then, it's a ninety day warranty....so, drop me a line in two >months, and i'll let you know what's inside. ;^) *chuckling* Thanks for trying to look, anyway, Paul! My guess is that you'll find some Signetics digital TV chips in there... (Terminator voice) - I'll be back. In a coupla months. thx! kev <kdarling@catt.ncsu.edu>
hamilton@intersil.uucp (05/09/91)
In article <1991May4.204709.18820@ncsu.edu>, kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes: > cassiel@well.sf.ca.us (Paul Theodoropoulos) writes: >>welllll, i opened up my DCTV and was confronted with a thin paper tab >>that stated that <paraphrased> "if this seal is broken, the warranty is >>void", and it was glued across the two halves of the case. and the >>insides are surrounded by a foil rf sheild, so nothing can be seen. >> >>but then, it's a ninety day warranty....so, drop me a line in two >>months, and i'll let you know what's inside. ;^) > > *chuckling* Thanks for trying to look, anyway, Paul! My guess is that > you'll find some Signetics digital TV chips in there... Well, being either braver or stupider than most, and working for the data acq division of Harris here, I already opened mine up. It's fundamentally an 8 bit flash converter (Micropower, can't remember the model), and a huge honkin ASIC. There's also some glue logic and some other stuff. -- Fred Hamilton "Unlike most of you, Harris Semiconductor I am not a nut..." Santa Clara, CA -Homer Simpson