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Title: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: AlxDroidDev on April 25, 2016, 10:00:24 pm
Got these from Facebook and I believe you might enjoy!

Title: Re: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: steve30 on April 26, 2016, 04:58:28 am
Cool :).

Here's a good one:
Title: Re: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: Halcyon on April 26, 2016, 07:52:39 am
Cool :).

Here's a good one:

Any idea what it does?
Title: Re: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: Psi on April 26, 2016, 07:53:39 am
It makes the front panel LCD display the text
"I told you not to cut that"
Title: Re: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: RobertoLG on April 26, 2016, 08:05:55 am
It makes the front panel LCD display the text
"I told you not to cut that"

 :-DD   :-+
Title: Re: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: Fortran on April 26, 2016, 08:06:19 am
Found some on our place mats  :)
Title: Re: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: Ian.M on April 26, 2016, 08:49:40 am
In many jurisdictions, the 'do not cut' can be used as a way to sell certain media signal 'improvers' that are theoretically capable of stripping copy protection or decrypting the signal.  With the track intact, its a perfectly legal device that re-times, restores and buffers the signal (in addition to any other legal functions).  Cut it and use it on a protected signal, bye-bye protection, and you've just become a criminal!
Title: Re: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: Stonent on April 26, 2016, 11:03:19 pm
Compaq in the 90s was pretty well known for putting symbols and pictures on their boards.

(http://i.imgur.com/42AHAHF.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/XN1ayng.jpg)

Maxtor also used to silkscreen pictures on hard drive boards in the 90s. But I can't find any picture offhand.

Cisco apparently did as well.

(http://i.imgur.com/TLzarLp.jpg)
Title: Re: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: ade on April 26, 2016, 11:09:13 pm
(http://arcadecoinop.com/images2/photo-61-.JPG)

(http://www.aaarpinball.com/Area51Site4/IMG_2446.jpg)
Title: Re: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: MT on April 26, 2016, 11:19:58 pm
ProOne, budda and mushrom ,
(http://www.solorb.com/anhevn/pro1art1.jpg)
(http://www.unease.se/img/pro-one_mainboard2mid.jpg)


Title: Re: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: AntiProtonBoy on April 27, 2016, 06:21:35 am
There needs to be more copper art, imo.
Title: Re: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: XOIIO on April 27, 2016, 07:01:57 am
It makes the front panel LCD display the text
"I told you not to cut that"

Lol, that's awesome.
Title: Re: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: steve30 on April 27, 2016, 08:14:37 am
Cool :).

Here's a good one:

Any idea what it does?
I don't know what that particular track does, though it would be good to find out :).

If anyone was wondering, the PCB is a Blizzard 1230 MkIV - a 68030 accelerator for the Amiga 1200.
Title: Re: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: Ian.M on April 27, 2016, 08:19:29 am
I don't know what that particular track does, though it would be good to find out :).

If anyone was wondering, the PCB is a Blizzard 1230 MkIV - a 68030 accelerator for the Amiga 1200.
Possibly an overclocking mod?
Title: Re: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: rrinker on April 27, 2016, 01:18:22 pm
 The Compaq ones, you used to be able to tell the internal code name of a particular board or system from the silkscreen on the board. I'm pretty sure right up until the end, the ALL had it - somewhere. At first they were usually easy to find, then they started moving them around, it was sort of a game to figure out the code name by finding the logo.

Title: Re: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: dave_k on April 27, 2016, 10:19:55 pm
There needs to be more copper art, imo.

Agreed  :-+

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS0W9yLNW64 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS0W9yLNW64)
Title: Re: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: sarepairman2 on May 01, 2016, 03:07:53 am
dont let management know about the existence of this text
Title: Re: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: rolfe on May 01, 2016, 08:06:56 am
Got these from Facebook and I believe you might enjoy!

Oh, the gorgeous curves in the traces on that second board... 
Title: Re: Odd texts on circuit boards
Post by: AntiProtonBoy on May 01, 2016, 08:13:57 am
There needs to be more copper art, imo.

Agreed  :-+

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS0W9yLNW64 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS0W9yLNW64)
:palm: god damn it