We collaborate quite a bit with Europe, and ITAR still requires mountains of paperwork. It's not impossible, it just takes time and money to fill out the forms and have them approved. Bob. Riba wrote: > > the data taking I was using a KayPro (Z80 CP/M machine, one of the > > first lugables) to do data taking and analysis. Because the shipping > > document said it was a computer, the whole shipment sat in bonded > > storage for a week, while shipping agents filled out mountains of > > paperwork to import a computer that was available for sale in > > Switzerland. It doesn't make sense, but that's ITAR. > > Yeah, I remember that back in 80ties they refused to sell me an Amiga > in US when I told them where I'm coming from. However, it was sorted > out byt he manufacturer shortly after that, so I don't think ITAR would > cause any probems for consumer electronics today. I might be wrong > though. > > -- ---------------------- Robert W. Bumala Circuit Design Engineer Specialist Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Org. L9-42 Bld. 255 3251 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304-1191 Phone: (650) 354-5918 Fax: (650) 424-3333 EMail: Robert.W.Bumala at lmco.com