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ULA 6C FERRANTI made in china.

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Dr. Frankenstein

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We are agreeing with some Asian companies to produce ULA FERRANTI 6C00IE-7 ... we have the DIE photoengraving mask and the whole package. Manufacturing will obviously be all low cost. We would like to present the first CHINESE ULA 6C at 5 euros each without major claims on stability in the sense that it could present slight defects due to the low quality of the raw materials such as video garbage noise....once 2 times for 3 hours of operation therefore very acceptable as a defect negligible. what do you think?
 
Dr. Frankenstein said:
We are agreeing with some Asian companies to produce ULA FERRANTI 6C00IE-7 ... we have the DIE photoengraving mask and the whole package. Manufacturing will obviously be all low cost. We would like to present the first CHINESE ULA 6C at 5 euros each without major claims on stability in the sense that it could present slight defects due to the low quality of the raw materials such as video garbage noise....once 2 times for 3 hours of operation therefore very acceptable as a defect negligible. what do you think?
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some copies may have (I use the conditional) stability problems there is talk of some reset or garbage effect...one for 3 hours of operation, so the company told us...if instead we want a perfect CPU the prices rise considerably up to 30 euros per piece.
 
Well, it depends.

$5 for a ULA for testing is pretty good. But nothing is good if the machine can't play a game for 3 hours without resetting. if it's occasional, is it heat related or logic related (ie, It might reset, it will reset? )

A bigger problem - These will get relabelled as real, and all future ZX Spectrum ULAs will be suspect :( Will these look like a normal ULA or will they be something distinctly different?

Shipping is the real killer. If it costs me $5 for a chip, and $30 for shipping, then I'd rather pay $60 for a perfect one including shipping. If it's just $10 for both chip and ship, then it's not so bad.
 
No guys, the Chinese company wants a minimum order of 100 pieces so after much enthusiasm we decided to abandon this project.
We should organize ourselves for a cumulative order. But past experiences tell us and tell us that cumulative collections are destined to fail.
 
cj7hawk said:
Why not just make a discreet logic board to replace the chip like the vLA82? They work pretty well, and no problem with forgeries?
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I wanted to do this just to have something more than the vLA82. To offer an extra service.Is it always better to have something more or not?
 
Dr. Frankenstein said:
I wanted to do this just to have something more than the vLA82. To offer an extra service.Is it always better to have something more or not?
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Having more options is always better - And I applaud your ideas to create low cost replacement chips for computers that people are rebuilding. It's always great when the collecting community creates things like that and without those things, many old computers would be unrecoverable. It would have been great to see the project succeed, though if your objective is to complete the project, there's still options available to you. Having an open source solution would be great too - since at the moment, the existing vLA solution is proprietary - and while I also am grateful it's around and at a reasonable price, it's a single source that relies on one person to maintain their interest in supply when there's not much commercial value to drive those sales.
 
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