Minibox and Buttonbox2

[Kampfflieger]

Did somebody has built some of those things??
How it works? (any problems??)
Have you built it using the original ICs or using the new atmel replacements??

Beforehand thanks.

[abispac]

Im planning into building one iooks interesting, does anyone has any expirience?

[Derrick Renaud]

I built one.  It mostly works great.  But about once a year it looses/scrambles it's button memory and has to be reprogrammed.  It does not program from my P4 3GHz or Core 2 computer.  I have to use an old laptop when needed.

I've moved on to an I-Pac VE for most buttons, but still use the BBox2 for some buttons I was too lazy to re-wire.