Re: Huge White Elephant in the room

["AMart79196@gmail.com" <AMart79196@gmail.com>]

On Aug 3, 1:09 am, Alex Freed <alex_n...@mirrow.com> wrote:
> AMart79...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > If I may join in on the fun here for just one minute...
> > I have held out on purchasing one until some results come in.  That
> > being said, I have followed the posts here and have seen promises
> > after promises.
> > Now, from the above quoted text, how is it possible to send out a
> > production card, tell everyone it's finished with excuses of customs
> > delaying it, then coming out and saying that it's still not working.
>
> Just in case you don't quite understand how this design works, it is a
> piece of hardware (FPGA and support) plus a configuration that can
> be considered roughly equivalent to an embedded program. You start with
> a prototype of the hardware and develop the "software" for it.
> You fix whatever problems found and send the corrected design into
> production (or another rev of a prototype). Then *after* you get back
> the board from the customs you run tests to make sure there are no more
> problems. And if there are, you fix them.
> If this is done in an industrial environment with a number of engineers
> working on it full time, you can expect to start shipping in say 6 month
> after the design starts. To be on the safe side you tell the customers 9
> month and in most cases actually ship in 12 month.
> If you have 2 engineers working full time (and overtime) on something
> else, like the day job and mix in kids, wives and natural disasters the
> schedule doesn't get much shorter.
>
> The only reason we have announced the project a while ago was that we
> needed to know how many boards to order but we actually *REFUSED* to
> take pre-payments knowing that there may be delays and glitches.
>
>
>
> > Maybe its me, but I am confused as to what the story is myself.
>
> Hope you understand a little better now.
>
>
>
> > I for one has already seen on in person, held it in my hand.   I love
> > the concept--and have said that this should have been done by someone
> > 10 years ago.
>
> The FPGAs of the right size at the right price were not available even
> 5 years ago.
>
> > But the sad truth is that a non-working card was demoed at Kfest2009
>
> Right. Never give in to the marketing team and never show a product
> before the full QA.
>
> -Alex.

Alex,
As for FPGAs of the right size and right price, I can't say one way or
another on that as I wasn't tracking prices back then. I just felt
that this concept should have been done a long time ago (Thanks Paul
for pointing out the unsuccessful attempt on this many years ago as I
dont remember that vaporware, but appreciate you telling us), and a
BIG complement for you and your team to step up in the community to
get this type of card to production.

Myself as well as others have been wanting something like this for
years.  Hopefully you take the complement properly!  ---in simpler
terms...NICE WORK!

I also think that you trying to school me on the development process
of such a card is just not needed.  I completly understand what it
takes to produce hardware.

I simply was responding to your most recent comment as it was in
response to the OP.  I weighed in with my opinion as some people are
getting impatient waiting for the next greatest toy for our Apple2's.
My comments should have not been taken as an attack.  I'm Sorry if you
felt that way and Again, very nice work.  Looking forward to the final
product.