Any ideas if/when another run of MOTM-650s will be done?
thanks,
Larry
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
>
> a) I am in the process of kitting up ∗all∗ of the remaining VCO,
MOTM-510,
> MOTM-380, MOTM-850 and MOTM-890 orders. These will start shipping
Jan 28th.
>
> b) I'm having more connector boards wave-soldered this week (for
the 900/950
> supplies, MOTM-960s).
>
> c) As predicted, real 'work' has most of my Jan. bandwidth.
However, I am
> doing what I can as time allows. I have to do my taxes this
weekend (takes
> about 12hrs). Always interesting to see what the postage costs
(usually
> around $8,500).
>
> d) My 10th MOTM anniversary will be Feb. 14, 2008! I hope to have
module
> #8100 shipped by then. I guess the next milestone will be #10,000.
That
> seems "out of reach" but then again I never expected to see #5000,
either :)
> I suppose Doepfer is pushing #20,000 by now, which is about the
same ∗sales
> dollars∗ as I am now. Not shabby as a part-time hobby out of the
spare
> bedroom. Plus I've sold ~70 Frac modules and ~90 blank pc boards.
>
> e) 2007 Video Game Report follows:
>
> a) if you have ~$270 sitting around, and you want a 2-3X jump in
graphics
> performance, get an nVidia 8800GT card. I started with nVidia,
been an ATI
> fanboy the last 5 years, but this card is ∗blazing∗ fast. It is
40% faster
> than my ∗2 card SLI∗ nvidia setup it replaced. Sold the old cards
on eBay
> for $185 to boot.
>
> b) went back and replayed some older games with the details
cranked to max.
> Company of Heroes still hard to beat for the RTS stuff. Tried to
replay the
> new patch of C&C Tiberium Wars, the patch ∗ruins∗ the game
completely. The
> 'Normal' difficulty is damn near impossible, and as the game
progresses gets
> silly to the point of I uninstalled it.
>
> c) got the Orange Box (HL2/Portal/CS2) and replayed HL2 (again)
just because
> I love the "look" of the engine. About 50% through Episode 1, put
it aside
> and played with Portal a bit. Was OK, didn't think it lived up to
the hype
> but the running commentary from the computer was cute.
>
> d) for recent stuff, loaded and played 1hr each with Crysis, Call
of Duty 4
> and Gears of War. Crysis looks really good, not as 'spectacular'
as the hype
> but it has that 'Far Cry' feel to it. The gameplay is just Far Cry
which is
> not bad but not a leap forward. Call of Duty 4 is the most
visually cool of
> the new games, but it is hard on the Normal setting. My 14yr old
played it
> all the way through in 1 day on Easy. Gears of War I just ran
around a bit,
> it is an XBox port so it had a certain "console feel" so the jury
is still
> out. I have loaded but not patched up/played World in Conflict and
UT3.
>
> Paul S.
> no longer playing video games....sigh......
>