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I see that MTH has required QSI to remove the cruse control from its DCC as MTH says they have a patent on the 1 mph increments that QSI was using. My question is this. I have 3 Ford full size vehicles and all have cruise control. 1996,1997,1998. Each time I hit the accel button it will advance the speed 1 mph, and each time I hit the decel it will lower the speed 1 mph. Why doesn;t MTH sue ford for using this same technology, or is MTH playing mind games with Broadway LTD. One exception I suppose could be MTH has limited their patent to model trains. But if so, why can;t the other mfgs of DCC have their cruise control go up in 3/4 mph increments or 1.25 mph increments. Anything but 1 mph and does the actual system that MTH uses do an exact scale 1 mph increment. The entire thing sounds so stupid and so easy to fix by just changing the increment. I guess many things in life just do not make sense and this is one of them, in my opinion. Dave
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