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From: gjw@clyde.UUCP (Gregory J. Wroclawski)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Passport Delivery Update
Message-ID: <683@clyde.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 10:50:12 EST
Article-I.D.: clyde.683
Posted: Mon Dec 17 10:50:12 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 18-Dec-84 02:10:26 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Whippany NJ
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	On November 7th I had placed an order for a Passport to replace
my stolen Escort. At that time I was told that my unit would be
shipped on December 10th. This past weekend I received a letter from
Cincinnati Microwave that my unit would not be shipped any time in
the near future. To maintain customer rapport they are sending out
a package of a full color brochure and the Passport owners manual 
to all people on their order list. Since, it was obvious that my unit
was not shipped on the promised date I called their toll free number
to find out the whole story. Now they are indicating that my unit is 
to be shipped on February 3rd !. I was told that they were receiving 
many defective circuit boards and that they had to go through a redesign
during which time production was halted. Has anybody out there in net
land ordered one early enough to receive it yet?. I am getting the 
feeling that they really haven't started production yet. The SMD (Surface
Mounted Device) technology is very tricky to implement. We are using it
on the project I am involved with at work now and our physical design
department is having its headaches.

					Happy Motoring,
					Greg Wroclawski