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Date:         Thu, 29 Feb 1996 20:48:01 +1700
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From:         Michael Wagner <mwagner@deltanet.com>
Subject:      Re: Jacobs Electronics

Sami Dakhlia wrote: > > Fron their ad in VWTrends: > "ENERGY PAK is a patented on-board microship computer that continuously > senses electrical resistance across the sparkplug gap, thereby making each > plug an "in-cylinder" sensor to optimize each spark on each and every > stroke of the engine." > > So I called them and they happen to have a sale ending today. Their > "BUG-PAK" now goes for $340 instead of $480. Well, that's still too > expensive for me, but I thought some of you might want to know.

You can get a "computer"'s worth of transistors on ONE microchip these days -- what's the $340 for?? I would not be in a hurry to part with the cash...

--- Michael Wagner '76 Campmobile Looking for a '71 Campmobile (or a serviceable '71) Looking for a convertible Ghia for my 18 month old son mwagner@deltanet.com www.deltanet.com/users/mwagner/vw.html


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