but I have read on this board over the past years that a number of those things have already happened, and some you haven't even thought of yet. Read David Spragg's reports of counterfeit chips. Have you heard of the brass core problem, or the chip repairers? Phoney error chips already show up on ebay often enough. It is a real concern. I guess it helps to be a low level chipper like me. I can't lose to much on any one chip.

Michael Siskin