17 Feb
2008
17 Feb
'08
1:34 p.m.
- Am I too late with this? Is it worth continuing and
finishing the
project?
Sure it is worth!
- If I said one of these boxes would cost ?75 (around
the same as a
Catweasel), would you buy one?
I don't think I'd buy one because I have no use for that. But if the
hard/software is open, I'd buy to study what you did and understand better
about drives.
- Are there any features you guys think I should add?
A simple "binary copy" option?
- Does the licence sound too restrictive?
No...
I've put around ?300 into the project thus far,
not counting time. I
know I've got basically no chance of recouping all of it, but it would be
nice to make at least some of that money back.
Phil, I have a rule for classical computing: If it pays, it is OK. If
not, I paid for my fun. No project I enter isn't fun. I do things for the
funny side of things. I make a living developing embeeded hardware/software.
If you have a fun project, I'll be sure into that. But if it is boring, it
will become worse than a paid job, so I'll say no.
If you feel like doing your floppy reader/writter, do that with love.
Forget how much you spent, because "the journey is the reward", and I'm sure
that with a great device like that, people will buy lots of that ;o)