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  • Fund raiser for C128D

    From Brian Seeley@3:770/3 to All on Thu Aug 25 19:54:08 2022
    https://www.gofundme.com/f/c128d-keyboard?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1

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  • From Gary McCulloch@1:154/50 to Brian Seeley on Fri Aug 26 20:30:48 2022
    On Thu 25-Aug-2022 7:54p, Brian Seeley@3:770/3.0 wrote:
    https://www.gofundme.com/f/c128d-keyboard?utm_source=customer&utm_medium= copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1

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    Very creative and good luck!

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  • From John Dillinger@3:770/3 to bkseeley@gmail.com on Fri Aug 26 18:54:39 2022
    On Thu, 25 Aug 2022 19:54:08 -0700 (PDT), Brian Seeley
    <bkseeley@gmail.com> wrote:

    https://www.gofundme.com/f/c128d-keyboard?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1

    No. People should just use a VICE emulator. It works on Windows,
    MacOS, BSD and LinuxOS. The commodore computers are now reaching forty
    years old and most of them need major part replacements to run at all.




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  • From Anahi Seeley@3:770/3 to John Dillinger on Sun Aug 28 18:23:42 2022
    On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 9:54:42 PM UTC-4, John Dillinger wrote:
    On Thu, 25 Aug 2022 19:54:08 -0700 (PDT), Brian Seeley
    <bkse...@gmail.com> wrote:

    https://www.gofundme.com/f/c128d-keyboard?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1

    No. People should just use a VICE emulator. It works on Windows,
    MacOS, BSD and LinuxOS. The commodore computers are now reaching forty
    years old and most of them need major part replacements to run at all.




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    Sorry you feel that way - hope others want to use the C128D in it's original form.

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  • From Robert Bernardo@3:770/3 to All on Sat Sep 3 13:22:24 2022
    I forwarded to Brian the following questions from another user --

    * does he have a prototype created yet?

    * has he found a manufacturing company and gotten a ballpark estimate
    for the project

    * is he recreating or enhancing the keyboard?

    * does GoFundMe also have a tier level like Kickstarter (i.e. throw in
    $100 and you get a keyboard, $165 for two keyboards)

    * has he matched the color of an original keyboard to a modern day color
    for production, are there other colors available (sacrilegious!)

    * what does $15K get the community? it's not clear, does the project
    result in an open source product or just some cash for him?

    * does the keyboard have enhancements like processing onboard via an ardurino/RPI CM/PLA which then allow its use as a USB device for
    PCs/Macs/or ideally other old retro platforms (VIC-20/C-64/Amiga/TI99 4A/ST)

    * how will this work with a non-US C128D?, that will need slightly
    different keycaps, where are the translations/lanuages for the keyboard
    - in ROM?

    No reply from Brian yet,
    Robert Bernardo

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  • From Brian Seeley@3:770/3 to Robert Bernardo on Sat Sep 10 20:06:25 2022
    On Saturday, September 3, 2022 at 4:22:25 PM UTC-4, Robert Bernardo wrote:
    I forwarded to Brian the following questions from another user --

    * does he have a prototype created yet?

    * has he found a manufacturing company and gotten a ballpark estimate
    for the project

    * is he recreating or enhancing the keyboard?

    * does GoFundMe also have a tier level like Kickstarter (i.e. throw in
    $100 and you get a keyboard, $165 for two keyboards)

    * has he matched the color of an original keyboard to a modern day color
    for production, are there other colors available (sacrilegious!)

    * what does $15K get the community? it's not clear, does the project
    result in an open source product or just some cash for him?

    * does the keyboard have enhancements like processing onboard via an ardurino/RPI CM/PLA which then allow its use as a USB device for
    PCs/Macs/or ideally other old retro platforms (VIC-20/C-64/Amiga/TI99 4A/ST)

    * how will this work with a non-US C128D?, that will need slightly
    different keycaps, where are the translations/lanuages for the keyboard
    - in ROM?

    No reply from Brian yet,
    Robert Bernardo

    Unfortunately at this time I am unable to continue this project. I hope to resume this in the future as I feel it is a good endeavor. Thank you for your interest in this project. I also received some good suggestions in the comp.sys.cbm newsgroup. I
    have requested a refund to the two members that supported the effort.

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  • From Gary McCulloch@1:154/50 to Brian Seeley on Sun Sep 11 09:22:35 2022
    On Sat 10-Sep-2022 8:06p, Brian Seeley@3:770/3.0 said to Robert Bernardo:
    in the comp.sys.cbm newsgroup. I

    Where are you getting the comp.sys.cbm news group?

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