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| Re: Fund raiser for C128D [message #416361 is a reply to message #416360] |
Mon, 29 August 2022 05:34   |
Clocky
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Registered: December 2011
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On 29/08/2022 9:23 am, Anahi Seeley wrote:
> On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 9:54:42 PM UTC-4, John Dillinger wrote:
>> On Thu, 25 Aug 2022 19:54:08 -0700 (PDT), Brian Seeley
>> <bkse...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> https://www.gofundme.com/f/c128d-keyboard?utm_source=custome r&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow- 1
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>> No. People should just use a VICE emulator. It works on Windows,
>> MacOS, BSD and LinuxOS. The commodore computers are now reaching forty
>> years old and most of them need major part replacements to run at all.
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>> --
>> /\_/\
>> ((@v@))
>> ():::()
>> VV-VV
> Sorry you feel that way - hope others want to use the C128D in it's original form.
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A lot of people do because nobody is nostalgic for an emulator. Nothing
beats the the real hardware.
--
keith on the 7 Oct 2021 wrote;
"He asserts that the claim is true, so, if
it is unproven, he is lying."
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| Re: Fund raiser for C128D [message #416430 is a reply to message #416361] |
Sat, 03 September 2022 16:22 |
RobertB
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I forwarded to Brian the following questions from another user --
* does he have a prototype created yet?
* has he found a manufacturing company and gotten a ballpark estimate
for the project
* is he recreating or enhancing the keyboard?
* does GoFundMe also have a tier level like Kickstarter (i.e. throw in
$100 and you get a keyboard, $165 for two keyboards)
* has he matched the color of an original keyboard to a modern day color
for production, are there other colors available (sacrilegious!)
* what does $15K get the community? it's not clear, does the project
result in an open source product or just some cash for him?
* does the keyboard have enhancements like processing onboard via an
ardurino/RPI CM/PLA which then allow its use as a USB device for
PCs/Macs/or ideally other old retro platforms (VIC-20/C-64/Amiga/TI99 4A/ST)
* how will this work with a non-US C128D?, that will need slightly
different keycaps, where are the translations/lanuages for the keyboard
- in ROM?
No reply from Brian yet,
Robert Bernardo
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| Re: Fund raiser for C128D [message #416553 is a reply to message #416430] |
Sat, 10 September 2022 23:06 |
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Originally posted by: Brian Seeley
On Saturday, September 3, 2022 at 4:22:25 PM UTC-4, Robert Bernardo wrote:
> I forwarded to Brian the following questions from another user --
>
> * does he have a prototype created yet?
>
> * has he found a manufacturing company and gotten a ballpark estimate
> for the project
>
> * is he recreating or enhancing the keyboard?
>
> * does GoFundMe also have a tier level like Kickstarter (i.e. throw in
> $100 and you get a keyboard, $165 for two keyboards)
>
> * has he matched the color of an original keyboard to a modern day color
> for production, are there other colors available (sacrilegious!)
>
> * what does $15K get the community? it's not clear, does the project
> result in an open source product or just some cash for him?
>
> * does the keyboard have enhancements like processing onboard via an
> ardurino/RPI CM/PLA which then allow its use as a USB device for
> PCs/Macs/or ideally other old retro platforms (VIC-20/C-64/Amiga/TI99 4A/ST)
>
> * how will this work with a non-US C128D?, that will need slightly
> different keycaps, where are the translations/lanuages for the keyboard
> - in ROM?
>
> No reply from Brian yet,
> Robert Bernardo
Unfortunately at this time I am unable to continue this project. I hope to resume this in the future as I feel it is a good endeavor. Thank you for your interest in this project. I also received some good suggestions in the comp.sys.cbm newsgroup. I have requested a refund to the two members that supported the effort.
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