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Re: (TP701) Where were they made?
When I bought a PC Card modem in Canada, the sticker is a "Communications
Canada" logo (or something like that) and not "Industry Canada". It just means
that the modem has been approved to be used on the Canadian telephone networks
and I don't think it has any relevance to the actually percentage of Canadian
workmanship or content. Correct me if I'm wrong.
When I was buying computers for my client to export to one of their clients, we
had to follow some rules and regulations with regards to Canadian content. As
you know, most of the parts are manufactured elsewhere, but the machine itself
is "Assembled in Canada", which depending on that particular contract, made a
big difference as to whether or not it was considered a Canadian export.
Digital was one of the only companies here in Canada where they actually
manufactured their motherboard, whereas most other components are made
elsewhere.
Hopefully I haven't made this issue more confusing.
... patrick
> As far as I know the Industry Canada sticker just signifies that the device is
> approved to operate in Canada. It doesn't mean that any parts were actually
> manufactured or assembled in Canada. I seem to see these on a lot of computer
> parts that I purchase, specifically pc card modems.
>
> Subject: 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."
> >>
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