MOTM

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......
>