On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 jpero at sympatico.ca wrote:
Check this out:
http://dreher.net/?s=projects/CFforAppleII&c=projects/CFforAppleII/mai
n.php
Great way to do instead of relying on aging floppies.
Yes, but this guy repeated the classic vintage computer blunder, perhaps
better known as an "Osborne":
"There is only going to be a 4th run of CFFA cards if I can find enough
people to build 200 units. So that means I need about 100 interested
people. I no longer have time to hand solder boards anymore, and 200 is a
large enough quantity to get a reasonable price on machine PCB assembly. I
have already started working on version 2.0 of the CFFA board. The main
reason for this is to include the bug fixes I have found in the hardware
of the current board."
Never announce a new version of a product when you're trying to sell the
old one. I would've have put in my order if he didn't say he was going to
do version 2.0 with bug fixes ;)
Interestingly enough, he says he has 60 commitments so far (out of the
100 he requires before he orders up another batch).
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