Subj : Re: Fund raiser for C128D
To : All
From : Robert Bernardo
Date : Sat Sep 03 2022 01:22 pm
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?
