Fw: Deck of IBM PLAYING CARDS GOES FOR $325

[Allison]

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>Subject: Re: Fw: Deck of IBM PLAYING CARDS GOES FOR $325
>   From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk>
>   Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:38:02 +0000
>     To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>
>Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> On 12/19/2005 at 1:02 PM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
>> 
>>> Costs more.
>> 
>> Probably the reason
>
>Not sure that it's purely the cost of colour ink versus text. An IC typically 
>has extra information other than the basic part - manufacturer logo, family, 
>date code etc. which it would be hard to colour code completely. And if you're 
>having to print some of the data as plain text, it probably makes sense to do 
>it all that way.
>
>> All I'm talking about is paint
>
>that's OK until it falls off :-)
>
>cheers
>
>Jules

Paint likely signifies a special test or other qualification activities.


Allison