Re: Fwd: Last run of ZVGs

Hi Tim (and all),

We're not quite ready to release the design just yet, but if / when we
decide to kill the ZVG, I will open source the hardware / firmware. I
won't let it just fade away into obscurity... I'll let it fight its way
into obscurity!

-Zonn

On 3/15/2011 2:49 PM, Tim Matthews wrote:
> Hi Zonn,
>
> I placed an order this afternoon so hopefully I got in before they'd
> all been allocated, but myself and some fellow arcade collectors had
> been wondering (prior to this announcement) about the feasibility of
> reproducing the ZVG if you were no longer interested in making them
> any more.
>
> I just wondered if you had any thoughts on this? Our intention was to
> do this in limited quantities so that people who really wanted them
> could obtain one, not to go into mass production and make thousands of
> them. Would there be any interest on your part about us doing this? If
> this ever got off the ground we would be selling them at cost as this
> is strictly not for profit - it's about getting them into the hands of
> VACers who need them but have been unable to buy any of the limited
> stocks, so we would be quite happy to agree some licensing agreement
> but the margin would be slim i.e. basically whatever you wanted in
> terms of licensing costs would be added to the unit price.
>
> Is this a complete no-go or would you possibly be interested?
>
> thanks,
> tim
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Zonn* <mlists@zonn.com <mailto:mlists@zonn.com>>
> Date: 15 March 2011 21:22
> Subject: VECTOR: Last run of ZVGs
> To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org <mailto:vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
>
>
> Hey all,
>
> We're populating the last of our ZVG PCBs, and this has to be our last
> run. Some parts are becoming hard to get, and the cost of assembly is
> getting high.
>
> We found 42 ZVG PCBs and were able to get all the parts we needed.
> They're currently being manufactured and, since I'm keeping two of
> them, 40 will shipping in 2 to 3 weeks.
>
> The website is taking orders now (zektor.com/zvg
> <http://zektor.com/zvg>), and we're selling them on a first come first
> serve basis.
>
> We're making these because we found these PCBs while doing some spring
> cleaning, but we're not going to have any more PCBs made, so this it!
>
> We're also out of Vectrex cables and won't be making anymore, but
> they're easy to make and all the info, including Digikey part numbers,
> is available online in the download section.
>
> -Zonn
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