It's great to see so much interest in the board Don. I am down for two boards. Could you also put me down for one set of switches. I was going to use old ones I have here, but I mas as well use the proper ones. Since this is a big outlay, could you let me/us know how much to send to you via PayPal for 2 boards + 1 set of switches. May be useful to have a table for people. I have no problem paying in advance John
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Caprio Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 6:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [N8VEM-S100:4893] S-100 FPMini Front Panel Board Update Thanks to all who have shown interest in the FPMini front panel board. Looks like we'll be ordering about sixty boards. That should leave ten or so available for late request. Switch set interest has been high as well. Looking at 35 sets for a total of 735 switches. Now for the bad news. During last minute review of the PCB files I noticed that the switch footprints were upside down. This had to be corrected but forced me to reroute the board. The board is auto routing now and I expect it to be completed in a week or so. I expect to place the PCB order the week of Aug 18th. Just thankful I caught this now and didn't end up with a pile of boards only appreciated by our dyslectic friends. Request for switch sets has settled down. Since the order is going to take 10-12 weeks to fill we should get this order in. Manufacturer requires me to pay in advance for the switch order. The total order is coming in just under $3,000 (less tax and shipping ) so I'm going to have to ask for most folks to pay in advance. I'm not sure how best to handle this. Thinking I should give folks a couple weeks to get payment to me then I'll place the order. I'm hoping to stay under PayPal's radar and avoid them taking a cut. Mailing a check or money order could work as well. Looking for feedback from group on best way to handle this. I remember this as a topic in the past. I had planed on funding the project but it's much bigger than I had expected. My wife may not understand why she has to wait until November for her patio furniture. :^) I put together a short survey page to solicit answers. Folks may feel more comfortable answering off list. https://www.quicksurveys.com/s/p5N3M Thanks and look forward to hearing from you all. -- Don Caprio [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
