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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Great big huge floppy disk?
Message-ID: <1180@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Dec-86 15:49:03 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 26 15:49:03 1986
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Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <8118@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> lachac@topaz.UUCP (Gerard Lachac) writes:
>In article <1172@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
>>pricetag is going to be much higher.  Also, PC drives require no casework,
>>power supplies, or FCC approval.
>
>	Boy this one has got me totally confused!!  Is IBM that powerful that 
>it tells the FCC to "pass us by"???  Could you elaborate on this?

As I understand it, the current FCC rationale is that expansion cards and
devices that plug into an FCC approved system, and *do not* have any external
connections do not *currently* require FCC approval.

Also some devices the seem primarily passive, including interrconnection cables,
adapters, joysticks and *mice* do not *currently* require FCC approval.

Of course, the FCC is a government agency, and is not required to be sensible.
These distinctions probably represent a compromise between a bureaucratic desire
to control everything, and the amount of work required to do so...

The ultimate irony is that the rules only apply to devices that generate and
*use* radio-frequency energy.  Appliances that don't use RF, but squirt it out
anyway, like your bug zapper, electric drill, neon sign or vacuum cleaner are
not covered by these regulations.

-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
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Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)