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[[for newbies: YAU = Yet Another Update]]

I just completed a full kit OVI (Orders Versus Inventory). This includes all new orders placed as
of yesterday. Of the currently shipping modules, there are about 240 kits ordered or owed on
subscription, or owed for points redeemed. The Top 5:

MOTM-950
MOTM-800
MOTM-190
MOTM-300

The majority of the '950s are 'grouped' with 500/600 Series orders, so these will ship when the
first 600 Series on the same order ships (mainly the uSeq).

Now, there are kits now built to cover just the '190. I'm like 5 short of the '300, but 20 short
on the '800. I just ordered another 50 pc boards, they will arrive on the 24th. Around 12 '800
kits will ship this coming week. I'll not making more '300s until the end of the month.

The other "big" kit I'm short on is the '440, about 6 kits. Most of these are redeemed for
points, and these will also ship in about 3 weeks.

For good news: I plan to ship ∗100∗ kits this week. Some of you have received the first batch of
'890s and '950s: many more are going out this week. I spent a LARGE amount of time on the '950
manual, adding several photos.

I'm about 4 total days behind schedule because off-and-on I'm upgrading (?) my entire computer
system/network. Typical hijinx: upgrade to XP, sound card stops working, network printer
remapped, etc.
Now I have some strange timeout on the Linksys router (runs for a while, just idles for 3-5min,
starts right back up again....).

I am entering Mac OSX world as well: I will say this for Apple: their stuff, at least to me, is
10 TIMES more thought-out than WinDoze. No, I don't want to go to Linux :( And looking inside my
G4 it's obvious that they are very MOTM-like in the way the system is put together (like it was
actually ∗planned∗). Installing a wireless 802.11b LAN in the PowerBook took about 7min and on
the Dell PC about 1 1/2 HOURS (I luckily guessed what Micro$oft was not doing in the Setup
Wizard, then I had to poke around to find out where to edit it).

Why ANYONE wants to constantly mess with VST, TDM, ASIO and all that VA computer nightmare is
beyond me. And, what I find interesting, is I see more and more BACKLASH against 'former' big
synth players (Human League, Depeche Mode, even Herbie Hancock) showing up to "play" a "live set"
with a laptop.

Paul S.
My favorite programming language is solder