With a Woolly, the REX would be obsolete, no? But if there's indeed a need for all three products, then indeed I would stand beside you on the sharing of all three.
On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 11:42 PM, ray gordon <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gary; > > I'd be happy to have someone share putting up the money for everything. If > you don't think rex is as an attractive an idea, I'm willing to bear that > burden alone, and we could split nads and woolly costs between us. > > Glad to have you aboard! > > ray > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* M100 <[email protected]> on behalf of Gary Weber < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, July 29, 2017 3:41 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [M100] Model T upgrades > > Ray, > > If you feel compelled to contribute to another production run effort, I > guarantee you that you are not the only one interested in sharing in that > contribution. > > Here's my take on things: > > NADSBox -- I think there probably is quite a bit of interest in this > product even today. I'm willing to bet there would be at least 10-15 > immediate pending sales on this given the interest I've seen on this list > alone. > REX -- This might be interesting as well, however it sounds like WOOLLY > would likely be a better place to put engineering effort & dollars. > WOOLLY -- I'm betting the majority of folks on this list would likely want > one of these. If I had to pick only one product alone to focus on and > bring to market, I'd pick this one! REX functionality, RAM expansion (for > CP/M), and WiFi capability. All of that would be amazing to have in one > piece of hardware that can fit into an Option ROM socket. We're talking > about a potential replacement for all of the ReMem and REX variations that > existed previously, and then some. > > I'm willing to contribute significantly to the effort to bring any and all > of these products to life (for the second time for REX & NADSBox of > course). And when I say contribute, I don't just mean encouragement & > testing & labor. I'm talking about financial. :) Probably the areas I > can best help in would be fronting a good chunk of the costs for sourcing > of parts & production, and then also on the eventual fulfillment. (Either > hosted on Club100.org or on Web8201.net or some other central hub, doesn't > matter. I can definitely assist on the eCommerce end.) > > Gary > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 3:26 PM, ray gordon <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Ken, >> >> That's all fine by me. I would have to get a cashier's check and mail it >> to you, because I can't pay that much by paypal all at once. Maybe I could >> paypal it to you over the course of a week. >> >> Let me know when you're all set to move. >> >> ray >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* M100 <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Pettit >> <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Friday, July 28, 2017 8:50 PM >> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [M100] Model T upgrades >> >> Hi Ray, >> >> When I did the first run of NADSBoxes in 2008 / 2009 timeframe, my >> up-front cash expenditure was $13K for 240 NADSBoxes. This is when I was >> having them built and assembled in China. I probably still could have them >> built and assembled there, though it is a bit more challenging since I no >> longer live there. >> >> Turns out I am traveling to China next week and will be visiting Shenzhen >> for 5 days! YEA!!! Maybe I could visit my old haunts while there (in fact >> I am looking forward to it). >> >> One of the concerns with NADSBox is that I need to update the layout a >> bit to select a different SD card socket ... the socket used in the last >> round of NADSBoxes was acquired from a Chinese source with no real part >> number or way to track it. So the footprint is specific to that part which >> is no longer available. >> >> I am working actively on Woolly which would replace REX and in a way, >> NADSBox, via TPDD access to a host via WiFi. But this is still a big >> development effort, both in terms of hardware and software. >> >> If you still wanted to put up the cash after reading this, we probably >> wouldn't need to build 240 NADSBoxes as demand isn't what it was in 2009, >> but it would still be in the $8K - $9K range I would guess for NADSBox >> alone. I don't know for REX. >> >> Ken >> >> On 7/28/17 7:05 PM, ray gordon wrote: >> >> I'm willing to put up the cash necessary if Ken & Stephen would be >> willing to do another run of NADS & REX. >> >> Ray g >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* M100 <[email protected]> >> <[email protected]> on behalf of Gregory McGill >> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Friday, July 28, 2017 11:50 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [M100] Model T upgrades >> >> nope.. it seems we go through this weekly, rex is open source, you are >> welcome to make your own if you are up to it,. i have two i am meaning to >> build but surface mount is not my thing so they keep getting put off.. >> boards are on oshpark and the instructions are googlable nadsbox is not >> available.. you can use a pc and laddiealpha or other tools there's one >> for android too with a togo cable >> >> Greg >> >> On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 11:06 AM, Robert Prather < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Just got a Model 100 off of eBay. If I'd known of the Club 100 site, I'd >>> have purchased one there. There's some yellow on this one, but the memory >>> appears maxed out (installed internally), so wasn't a bad find overall. >>> >>> I've used a color computer 2 for years, and love it, and decided to try >>> out the Model 100. Love it so far. >>> >>> From the Club 100 site, I saw that there used to be NADSBox's available >>> as well as REX modules. >>> >>> I'm emailing to find out if it's still possible to purchase these? I'm >>> also trying to track down the little legs that can prop up the Model 100. >>> >>> I'd really appreciate any help anyone can provide. I didn't want to try >>> ordering from the Club 100 site, because I wanted a confirmation before I >>> did. >>> >>> thanks, >>> >>> Robert >>> >> >> >> >
