bigtim1973 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 I remember seeing in ads when these hit the scene that they had 2 processors in them. Now I do not see anything about that anymore. Does anyone remember this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Yeah, the marketing folks mentioned this early on. More is better, you know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 If you can navigate the crappy (at least on my desktop browser) interface/reader on their website, you'll find on p11 of this link the article by designer Jorge Saad detailing the history of the Gold Bug Pro's development. Whatever he says there is 'gospel' AFAIC. What I remember is something about 24-bits, which Minelab bragged about their revolutionary innovation for their Gold Monster 1000 when it was released multiple years after the Gold Bug. Now, maybe one was talking about the A/D converter and the other the CPU. In a lot of ways it doesn't matter how many bits (or processors) contained within; it's how the detector actually performs in the wild. Both of those detectors (GB Pro family and GM1000), although very different, have produced for their buyers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtim1973 Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 But still no clear definition about that in a long time. I thought it was too but now it does not look like it does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 It’s meaningless marketing fluff. First Texas constantly tweaks machines as new components arrive, and it’s quite possible those two ancient “processors” have been replaced with a single modern component. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Google Search Click the link. You can see past versions of the board are different. The 2010 version is marked “Rev 3” in the upper left corner. Your board lacks that moniker, and has no doubt changed more than once in the last decade, which as in Rev 3 even in 2010. Interesting FT "19 kHz Models" Modification 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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