I am sorry if I misunderstood your intent. I also appreciate your explanation. Now I do understand your issue with David's conclusions about the Castaways chips. I did not clearly understand it before. I guess the issue now is whether the features David highlights are truly indicative of chips made after Castaways closed, suggesting minor but recognizable differences between any "real" and "Osbourne" chips. I, for one, have no way of knowing other than to rely upon the discourse on this board, so I look forward to further discussions.

As I said before, I really enjoyed your article, as well as David's.

Michael Siskin