24 Aug
2007
24 Aug
'07
1:32 p.m.
Rumor has it that Dave McGuire may have mentioned these words:
On Aug 24, 2007, at 3:53 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Doubtful... he isn't lost! ;-) <wink>
The individual you're thinking of was Larry Berg of Purple Computing - he's
still in "business" as it were - his business model is kinda like a "open
source hardware" model... it works for him, tho.
http://www.pfranc.com/
This is kinda ontopic - even tho he doesn't support Tandy Model 100/102/200
laptops anymore (he used to sell memory upgrades & whatnot for them) he
still uses them for daily tasks around the shop, including one that runs
his plastic injection moulding machine.
Hope this helps,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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Roger "Merch" Merchberger | "Profile, don't speculate."
SysAdmin, Iceberg Computers | Daniel J. Bernstein
zmerch at 30below.com |
If 11/70 actuators were to be made, I would
probably be interested,
but I'm unconvinced that at present prices, it's economical to make a
hobbyist run of them. Perhaps in the medium-term future, should
fab-at-home-type hardware continue to drop in price, the equation will
look more favorable, but right now, I don't think it is.
About ten years ago, a friend of mine found a private individual
selling copies of the weird proprietary data connector used on many
Garmin GPS receivers. He was a hobbyist who had a small injection
molding machine in his house. I have several of the connectors he
made; they are of excellent quality.
I wonder if we could find him.