SmartParts can't ship guns?
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whats to stop WDP doing what SP did and ****ting on everybody, now the run the NPPL and own the gun patents.....
....same old **** different day
....same old **** different day
- a track record of fair licensing,Originally posted by Chris - Nexus Eclipse
whats to stop WDP doing what SP did and ****ting on everybody, now the run the NPPL and own the gun patents.....
....same old **** different day
- the fact that there patents are not out-ragously general,
- an understanding of P.R.,
- not having a track record of patent fraud,
- having seen what happened to S.P.,
- being decent guys....
Hey Flash!
PIC microcontrollers, which most markers are built from use EEPROM, not volatile ram, for storing settings - you can certainly unplug the batteries for a long time (about 40 years apparently, but I haven't tested that) and have the settings stay put.
Not sure what the patent would have required SP to do in order to comply with the ruling, but one option would be to set the code-protect bits... however, it is widely known that this is not foolproof.
Either way, it doesn't sound like a large amount of effort for the boys to carry on, business as usual.
I can think of at least one other manufacturer that does not protect their code in any way...
Lo QP, What I was getting at (or at least trying to but not doing very well was that IMHO, changing, for example the dwell setting, and that setting being stored in the eeprom, is the chip being reprogrammed, whereas having a "base" setting in the eeprom, then having to set up the dwell each time, and that being stored in a volatile chip isn't reprogramming.
I mean, EEPROM stands for Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory, right? which means that it's being re-programmed by the electronics (ie changing the dwell).
Then again, all of that is probably just academic, seeing as SP have been shipping gats since the 10th of Dec which comply (from what I gather they've just torn the data port off the boards).
was that IMHO, changing, for example the dwell setting, and that setting being stored in the eeprom, is the chip being reprogrammed, whereas having a "base" setting in the eeprom, then having to set up the dwell each time, and that being stored in a volatile chip isn't reprogramming.I mean, EEPROM stands for Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory, right? which means that it's being re-programmed by the electronics (ie changing the dwell).
Then again, all of that is probably just academic, seeing as SP have been shipping gats since the 10th of Dec which comply (from what I gather they've just torn the data port off the boards).
apologies as i havent read this whole thread but has anyone seen this....
http://www.68caliber.com/news/industry/story04594.php
http://www.68caliber.com/news/industry/story04594.php
