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| Toonces:
--- Quote from: Flinkly on April 12, 2005, 01:50:02 pm ---i'd have to agree with the parallel port thing. it might be easy in this case, but overall, is almost dead anyways. as for the I/O board, it sounds like something that everyone would be interested in. i'd love to get a knocker going and even get some recoil for lightguns that should be coming in the future. again, it' costly to develop, but since it costs 5 bucks to manufacture, you sell it for 25, and make back the investment in like 20 people. hmmm...is this possibly one of randy's next projects? you could always start a new thread randy, and drop us hints. that would be a long thread, kinda like this one. --- End quote --- Again, it's not for people who buy now, it's for people who've already purchased the VE versions that can't do a chip swap. It's the next best option for them and doesn't affect those that haven't bought one yet. |
| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Toonces on April 12, 2005, 01:54:19 pm ---Again, it's not for people who buy now, it's for people who've already purchased the VE versions that can't do a chip swap. It's the next best option for them and doesn't affect those that haven't bought one yet. --- End quote --- I forgot that the chip swap option was not an option on the Eco boards. Actually, though, it's only for the people that bought the solder version, as there's a money-back guarantee on Page 2 of this thread for the other boards. Randy has said he'll look into Parallel Port support, but if he doesn't, they can use the software you already developed, or I guess he will probably have some kind of "trade-up" offer on the new boards for previous customers. <Let me go hide before I get flamed by Randy . . .> |
| Flinkly:
oh, i thought you wanted this implemented so people from other operating systems could use the parallel port. quite frankly, if you've got any version of the new or old board, you should still be able to use the program you created for parallel port operation, so you shouldn't need randy to make one too. and if your doing this for people who already bought one and can't swap chips, then they can use your program too. so with all this in mind, i fail to see why randy has to implement any sort of parallel port stuff. please point out any errors in my thoguht process, becaus 'm no genious, so i might be missing something. |
| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Flinkly on April 12, 2005, 02:37:54 pm ---so with all this in mind, i fail to see why randy has to implement any sort of parallel port stuff. please point out any errors in my thoguht process, becaus 'm no genious, so i might be missing something. --- End quote --- What it does is allow early version GP-Wiz49 Eco owners to use Randy's fancy point and click software, rather than having to manually send 01000000 (hex) to the parallel port. Having said that, it seems like a huge effort for little gain, unless Randy has sold a ton of the GP-Wiz49 Eco's (which he may well have done . . .) |
| Toonces:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on April 12, 2005, 02:32:29 pm --- --- Quote from: Toonces on April 12, 2005, 01:54:19 pm ---Again, it's not for people who buy now, it's for people who've already purchased the VE versions that can't do a chip swap. It's the next best option for them and doesn't affect those that haven't bought one yet. --- End quote --- I forgot that the chip swap option was not an option on the Eco boards. Actually, though, it's only for the people that bought the solder version, as there's a money-back guarantee on Page 2 of this thread for the other boards. Randy has said he'll look into Parallel Port support, but if he doesn't, they can use the software you already developed, or I guess he will probably have some kind of "trade-up" offer on the new boards for previous customers. <Let me go hide before I get flamed by Randy . . .> --- End quote --- Randy said he'd look at that in a future version and I'm good with that. For people who haven't already bought the product to come along and say that they wouldn't do it because the parallel port is dying...blah blah blah is rediculous. He should support all versions of the product with the same type of features if it's possible and non-cost prohibitive. In this one particular case it should be. The materials are cheap to get and the programming source is available free. It does cost some of his time though to add a feature to a program he is already writing. Is that such an unreasonable request? |
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