RedEyeVue wrote:
Awesome. About time we had a ribbon replacement solution again! What made you decide to do the 2 boards at 90 degrees design versus your original design where you just had one board with a socket on it?
Thanks for the kind words 🙂 The short answer is durability – I could’ve made a single PCB solution, but it would likely develop problems over time, especially since the cable would be rubbing against the bottom of the unit.
I wanted to create something that would be absolutely permanent and foolproof, and I tend to be a perfectionist with my designs. V1.0 actually worked great, but I did three more improved revisions before releasing it to the public 🙂
RunnerPack wrote:
Well, no-one seems to be interested in this anymore, but here is a practically complete version of the font. I’ll fix reported bugs if possible, and if there are any type designers/experts out there, I’ll definitely listen to any tips/tricks/hints/commentary/suggestions.
I technically own the copyright, but I really don’t care what’s done with it (although an anti-VB hate site would be in seriously poor taste :-P). …a small gratuity would be a nice gesture, if you can spare it. 😉
Very awesome, very cool! I was going to use this for a PCB design soon 🙂 I could send you $1 for each PCB sold if that works?
I had a problem very similar to what’s described here and I took a video of it that I will upload later.
In my case, the issue was the green cables connected to the motor control daughter board.
The connector on that daughterboard is one of the abysmal 90s interconnects that I loathe, it’s a type that’s known to have intermittent issues and problems. Try wiggling that cable and see what happens. It fixed the issu for me.
mips5000 wrote:
So if I understand right, the original owner couldn’t justify the price/time of going to the boarder to pick it up, so just took it as a loss? It really sucks that given the circumstances, he couldn’t hire a person, or pay some fee to have it shipped out of there. I mean the thing was over $1000. The bureaucracy is unreal.. I’ve lost some tools getting on airplanes and read they get donated or auctioned.. yeah right, are they really going to go through the trouble of auctioning a $20 wrench? The employees or managers take that stuff home. I’ve lost items in my checked baggage, a laptop, cologne bottle, but that’s another story.
yeah I lost a pile of rare mega drive games at an airport once. Left them at security while rushing onto a plane. Called immediately when we landed and even went there in person on the way back. Did someone going through security steal it? I doubt it. Security staff just swooped it I bet.
This kind of legalized stealing happens a lot with police and real estate auctions…it’s especially bad when families get evicted and you see the speculators selling off the baby toys and stuff 🙁
This is what happens when a group has too much power without oversight *shakes head*
Looks neat. It’s not asking too much, I’d love to see some decals or case flair to make it look more like a market product. Controls look really solid and I bet this has it where it counts.
