Re: TransWarpGS Clone

[Conrad <conrad.russo@gmail.com>]

@Hugh: First off, I can do repairs on those Zip cards for you, its absolutely no problem at all. I know how to repair things like pulled traces and obliterated through holes. I have things like circuit writer and silver epoxy, so I can fix them up no problem. I just wish the TWGS I bought had such an obvious problem. Hopefully when I upgrade all the outdated stuff on it then it will come back to life. Anyway, in regards to your comments, the first thing I am going to do will literally be a perfect copy, and the reason for that is I know how easy it is for a few little changes to snowball into a stalled project. I absolutely will do exactly what you suggested, but I will first make a perfect clone available, just for all the people who could do with just a plain old TWGS. I don't mean to sound rude and I want you to know I absolutely value your input, I just want to get a perfect clone out before worrying about anything else, just because I don't want this project to stall before something meaningful is produced. In regards to contacting the ZipGSX people, I don't know if its been done but I'll certainly try it. I think its a real possibility that if they gave us anything, it would be a set of metal masks for a no longer produced gate array, but there is also a possibility it could be something much more valuable. I'll let you know if anything comes of it.

@Antoine: It's too bad I didn't announce this sooner then:(. I thank you so much for your offer even though I am too late. It was very kind of you. This was the reason I was trying to win your auction a while back, I just didn't want to announce it prematurely and get peoples hopes up before I was sure it was possible to do what I wanted to do. I will absolutely put you down for two! Thanks again Antoine!