Chuck Harris wrote:

There is a simple reason for defacing an engineering prototype:

The engineers get tired of the PHB's stealing the prototypes in the
middle of the design/development phase and taking them on dog and
pony shows. (And then yelling at the engineers when the project is
running late.)

So, if an engineer wants to continue to have a prototype to work
on, out comes the spray can with the nastiest color he can find.

Red for the "Green" company should do just fine.

-Chuck

Another point: Prototypes are not generally sold, so they need to be
marked in an obvious way or some bean counter will demand it be shipped
to meet a production schedule. I have a number of modules for a well
known telemetry manufacturer with serial numbers that starts with "P"
which means the unit was a prototype for a new radio, and was to be kept
in engineering, or used to calibrate test fixtures.


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7 days!


Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida