Well, since the technology's there to make a detonator out of one of these
just as it's there to use a cell-phone to fire a device, I suppose they
could be concerned, but the way this information is presented at the '2600'
site is quite different from the way it's presented at the Ramsey site.
We may NEVER know what really happened.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, December 27, 1999 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: OT?: Illegal Transmitters
>
> Umm, I guess you didn't read Ramsey's web pages.
>
> http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/scstore/sitepages/hobby/fedpage2.htm
>
> -Dave McGuire
>
>On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Richard Erlacher wrote:
>>Does anybody really believe this unsubstantiated and uncorroborated sort
of
>>prattle? The key difference between this and normal "news" is that real
>>stories don't have to mask the names of the participants.
>>
>>While it's possible, stupid as our government is, it's not likely that a
>>legitimate source of legitimate news would report a legitimate story in
this
>>way, with oblique references to what should be in the lead, and masked
>>references to individuals and businesses likely to sue.
>>
>>Dick
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
>>To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
>><classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
>>Date: Monday, December 27, 1999 5:15 PM
>>Subject: OT: Re: OT?: Illegal Transmitters
>>
>>
>>>At 02:09 PM 12/27/99 -0800, Marvin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>While the direct subject is off topic, if the Federal raids *were* at
>>>>gunpoint and actually were *raids*, I could see this becoming a problem
>>>>collecting some computers.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.2600.com/news/1999/1218.html
>>>>
>>>>For those of you who are html impaired, the subject concerns raids
carried
>>>>out on a number of small businesses making electronic kits including
>>Ramsey
>>>>Electronics and Super Circuits. The subject in question appears to be
>>>>equipment that could be used for wiretapping.
>>>
>>> So what else is new? Gun owners have had to put with this kind of
>>>harrasment and rediculous interpetation of the laws for years.
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>>>
>>>
Received on Mon Dec 27 1999 - 18:58:44 GMT