wrote:

Eeyore wrote:
"William R. Walsh" wrote:

Hi!

It's getting really bad in some cases: for example a lot of $899 HP
printers that are just a year or three old do not have ANY print
drivers available from HP for the latest 64-bit XP.

Now that is truly odd. I've found that HP has usually done a good job of
providing updated drivers for many older products.

Really ?

Easily a decade ago I recall getting a DJ500C ? and it wouldn't install on WFWG
it was 'unsupported' as a 'network printer'.

Is that a control-panel-less printer? If not, more or less all printers
will run on a whole host of other-model drivers. If a driver isnt
availble I just pick something else with the same type of print, ie
same resolution and same print technology (inkjet/dm/daisy/laser etc)
and same manufacturer. The differences tend to lie in very minor points
that arent a problem in practice.

This was a long time back and there weren't that many to choose from then.

I even spoke directly to HP but they couldn't / wouldn't help. I ended up putting
W3.11 on the PCs instead.

Graham

"JW" wrote in message
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On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:29:16 +0100 Eeyore
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I've *never* see a schematic in an owner's manual ever !

I did. Once. It was a 13" Goldstar purchased around 1984 or so. Of course
the thing lasted till the CRT finaly faded out (14 years!)

Had Panasonic B&W TV in 1970 and a Montgomery Ward 5" B&W ac/dc in mid/late
1980s. Japan and Taiwan were of questionable quality at the times and very
doubtful service centers would have had schematics. Both also had o-scope
wave forms and parts lists.. Had to liquidate the Panasonic long before it
had problems. The 5" ended up being a good unit. It lasted around 10years
which seems good for its use and relative price at the time.

Wouldn't make much sense to send a printed manual with each unit going to
countries with Internet access, now.

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

JVC was part of a small consortium that bought the rights to Ampex's
cartridge video tape design when they decided not to enter the consumer
video tape market. IIRC, they paid a measly $10,000 for everything.

I believe RCA sold all its TV patents in the 1950s or early 1960s for
only $500,000 per Japanese company. On the other hand, IBM not only
charged royalties based on sales but also required Japanese companies
to give it rights to any new inventions even remotely based on its
original patents.

On 15 Oct 2006 04:51:42 -0700, put finger to
keyboard and composed:

1)Is Sharp Malaysian or Japanese?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Electronics

"Sharp Corporation (Shapu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese electronics
manufacturer, founded in 1912. It takes its name from one of its
founder's first inventions, the Ever-Ready Sharp mechanical pencil,
which was invented by Tokuji Hayakawa in 1915."

3)When the owner of Sony died around 1990-3 why did the accountant get
the corporation?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony#History

"In 1945, after World War II, Masaru Ibuka started a radio repair shop
in a bombed-out building in Tokyo. The next year he was joined by his
colleague Akio Morita, and they founded a company called Tokyo Tsushin
Kogyo K.K., which translates in English to Tokyo Telecommunications
Engineering Corporation."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akio_Morita

"Akio Morita (Morita Akio, January 26, 1921 in Nagoya, Japan – October
3, 1999 in Tokyo) was a co-founder of Sony Corporation."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaru_Ibuka

"Masaru Ibuka (Ibuka Masaru, April 11, 1908 in Nikko City, Japan –
December 19, 1997 in Tokyo) was a Japanese electronics industrialist.
He co-founded what is now Sony."

6)I noticed many JVC products have Panasonic parts what is the
relationship?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JVC

"JVC was founded in 1927 as "The Victor Company of Japan" as a
subsidiary of the United States' leading phonograph and record
company, the Victor Talking Machine Company. In 1929 majority
ownership was transferred to RCA-Victor. In the 1930s JVC produced
phonographs and records, but in 1932 JVC started producing radios, and
in 1939 they introduced Japan's first TV. JVC severed relations with
its foreign partners during World War II, and since 1953, JVC has been
owned by Matsu****a, who holds a majority stake in the company."

7)Who invented VHS? Panasonic or JVC? or is it that JVC invented the
tape and Panasonic the machine?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vhs

"The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a
recording and playing standard for video cassette recorders (VCRs),
developed by Victor Company of Japan, Limited, aka JVC, and launched
in September 1976."

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I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that Sony quality absolutely
sucks and that they have been whoring out their name on cheap junk for
over a decade and the consumer still hasn't figured it out.

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I believe RCA sold all its TV patents in the 1950s or early 1960s for
only $500,000 per Japanese company. On the other hand, IBM not only
charged royalties based on sales but also required Japanese companies
to give it rights to any new inventions even remotely based on its
original patents.

When did RCA get asset stripped?

I disagree. I work for a dealer that sells Sony, among others and I run the
shop. I see rather high reliability on the products that we sell, similar
to other higher end brands.

They have their problems, but still among the best in terms of product and
support.

Leonard
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ps.com...
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that Sony quality absolutely
sucks and that they have been whoring out their name on cheap junk for
over a decade and the consumer still hasn't figured it out.


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