| Re: Worth more dead then alive [message #1074] |
Thu, 12 July 2012 23:16 |
Rick
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From Newsgroup: comp.sys.atari.8bit
No, I checked out their price just now and total cost was about the same.
Purchased mine from Newark/Farnell so I think they will get it to me faster.
It would have been placed on back order for 3 months according to the web
site. I couldn't really start working on it sooner then that anyway. I've
been doing other stuff like building an electic bicycle for my 3 year old
grandson. I should do some more work on it right now.
Rick
"Trevor" wrote in message
news:jtkl1a$uku$1@dont-email.me...
>I see that it's being offered by US companies now as well:
> http://www.alliedelec.com/search/searchresults.aspx?dsNav=Nt k:Primary|120626raso|3|,N:108&utm_source=seg&utm_medium=emai l&utm_campaign=120626_raspi_invite_email
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> (Or perhaps you already knew that, and that's where you ordered from?)
>
> On 7/11/2012 10:21 AM, Rick wrote:
>> Expected Ship Date: 08/16/2012 Expected Ship Quantity: 1
>> Final Expected Ship Date: 08/16/2012
>>
>>
>> They dinged me pretty hard on shipping and tax. $47.78 out the door.
>> Apparently Newark is a division of Farnell now.
>>
>> We'll see if their web site that said 141 days or their purchase order is
>> right. Five weeks wouldn't be so bad.
>>
>> I saw where someone has already done a SNES port so it has enough horse
>> power to do anything I would ask of it. I'm maybe 80% sure I know where
>> the
>> Colleen/Droid 800 code is screwing up. Gawd awful, I am going to have to
>> set
>> up the tool chain and learn ARM assembler to make sure.
>>
>> It does look like it could be a must have for an Atari hacker. Just about
>> everything else costs $100+ to do anything worth while. This should be a
>> Swiss Army Knife in that it could substitute for everything from being an
>> emulator to SIO2SD to ATR8000 to XEP80.
>>
>>
>> "Trevor" wrote in message
>> news:jtk5n6$tds$1@dont-email.me...
>>> There are 2 companies making them, I believe both are in England. It
>>> doesn't cost you anything to get on the waiting list. I finally got my
>>> special link to order in May, and that was when I had to pay. I then
>>> received a notification from DHL several weeks later that it had been
>>> shipped (from England) and it was delivered less than a week after that.
>>>
>>> Yes, there was a lot of waiting, but after waiting for a certain
>>> Atari-related product a few years ago that I did have to pay upfront
>>> for,
>>> it was like the blink of an eye... ;)
>>>
>>> And the great thing is that the night I first hooked it up, my 15 year
>>> old
>>> daughter spent over an hour playing with it. She liked that she could do
>>> whatever she wanted without worrying about messing something up. So it's
>>> serving its purpose. :)
>>>
>>> On 7/10/2012 10:43 PM, Rick wrote:
>>>> Not on wait list, I think it is one of those pay for it now and they
>>>> hold
>>>> your money for you. If I have it correctly, they have to order them
>>>> from
>>>> Farnell in England and wait for the shipment.
>>
>>
>>
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