I don't have any stake in the Ray story... Wasn't around back then,
never paid any money, never expected any product, etc.. The ensuing
drama is nothing more than an interesting story to me.. Entertainment,
as it were.
I'd like to second the recommendation that the FLW design be given to
the public. B7971's are rare as hen's teeth nowadays, but 16-segment
VFD's are commonplace. If there was a simple FLW design that had been
given to the public, some enterprising individuals could update it for
VFD use fairly trivially. I'm always for publishing IP once it ceases to
be commercially viable.
-Adam
On 12/5/2012 1:09 AM, petehand wrote:
I'm not going to spit at you Ray, because I did in the end receive the
kits I ordered - but well over a year late, by which time they were no
use to me. I don't see anyone stepping up to buy the design, though.
The processor is obsolete, and some of the other parts are pretty much
unobtainable now. The PCB design is nothing to be proud of, either. As
someone else suggested, if you want the design to live on, then put it
on the web as open source. That's the eventual resting place of many
old designs and they do live on, maintained out of sentiment by groups
of enthusiasts. If you really want to be a hero, publish the designs
for your original FLW, the one that used counters and diodes. I
promise you THAT one would live forever.
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