> Hi Gang:
>
> For your info, I'm in Canada, and shipped about 75 lbs of old pdp-11 boards
> to the US this week without any problems. I indicated "Obsolete Computer
> Parts" on the customs form.
>
> Looks like others may be having trouble, but none here on the west coast so
> far.
>
I was going to suggest the use of "obsolete", but I recall some
discussion about this term in the past :-). Many years ago a friendly
customs agent explained the process to me. Most customs
organizations work on a keyword basis (not the term used by
the customs agent). If you find the right keyword, you don't
have any problems. If you use the word "old" you are likely
to have problems, because that implies valuable. If you
use the word "obsolete", it implies of little value, and it
will go through.
--
Dr. Mark Green mark_at_cs.ualberta.ca
Professor (780) 492-4584
Director, Research Institute for Multimedia Systems (RIMS)
Department of Computing Science (780) 492-1071 (FAX)
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada
Received on Fri Feb 11 2000 - 15:41:27 GMT