[time-nuts] Fwd: FE-5680A Contact FEI

Tom Knox actast at hotmail.com
Fri Feb 17 16:17:54 UTC 2012


I think that for many of us, we are both professional and hobbyist Time Nuts and companies that encourage the hobbyist will find it pays of when we make professional purchases. Agilent seems to be learning this lesson as they put more and more manuals for obsolete products on line.   

Thomas Knox



> From: mikem at open.com.au
> To: time-nuts at febo.com
> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:02:28 +1000
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Fwd:  FE-5680A Contact FEI
> 
> Hmmm,
> 
> Seems they dont realise that their lack of cooperation will lead, not to 
> protecting their product, but rather to the massive, public reverse 
> engineering of it?
> 
> 
> On Friday, February 17, 2012 05:43:49 PM Gerald Molenkamp wrote:
> > I have written to them on several occasions about 56
> > 
> > Sent via Gerald's iPad
> > 
> > Begin forwarded message:
> > > From: Peter Gottlieb <nerd at verizon.net>
> > > Date: 16 February 2012 10:58:10 AEDT
> > > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> > > <time-nuts at febo.com> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A Contact FEI
> > > Reply-To: nerd at verizon.net, Discussion of precise time and frequency
> > > measurement <time-nuts at febo.com>
> > > 
> > > I haven't personally tried but others have reported they were somewhat
> > > less than cooperative.
> > > 
> > > Peter
> > > 
> > > On 2/15/2012 6:23 PM, Bill Riches wrote:
> > >> Just curious,
> > >> 
> > >> Has anyone on this list actually contacted FEI and enquired about a
> > >> schematic or other info about our 5680 units?  They are still being
> > >> sold by them.
> > >> 
> > >> 73,
> > >> 
> > >> Bill Riches, WA2DVU
> > >> Cape May, NJ
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 
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