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Re: (TP701) Where were they made?
On Fri, 7 Nov 1997 10:08:24 -0500 (EST), Christian Carey wrote:
>On Thursday, 6th November 1997, Paul Khoury wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 6 Nov 97 20:17:00 HST, David Ross wrote:
>>
>> > (3) Paul K. made a comment about 701 quality; my 701 was made in Canada,
>> > I thought they all were.
>>
>> After looking at IBM's PC Direct catalogs, it said the machine was
>> supposed to be manafactured in Scotland, but it said Mexico. After it
>> was EasyServed in the summer, it said "Assembled in the US of US and
>> non US parts."
>
>My 701 has been EasyServed (however it's spelled) once, and says
>"Assembled in the U.S.A. of U.S.A. and non-U.S.A. components". I didn't
>check to see what it had said before I'd sent it in. There's a
>red-on-white Industry Canada/Industrie Canada sticker on the bottom of my
>701, but I'm not sure that that signifies a majority-made-in-Canada
>product; my PCMCIA modem (TDK DF2814C) was made in Japan (or at least the
>card itself was), but its cable has an Industry Canada sticker.
>
This sticker I think usually says that the modem has been tested
to work in Canada. Maybe a Canadian resident on this list
can conform that please.
Paul