Re: TI-H: EII and EIII compatibility


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Re: TI-H: EII and EIII compatibility




Thanks for this message.  Instead of reading futher than "making
drivers...then nothing" and getting mad at whoever sent the message, I
stopped reading and wrote this.

The drivers are done, and there has not been "nothing".

Please resend any questions or comments without the unnecessary comment.

Grant

>Richard Piotter wrote:
>> I'm personaly sick of someone making something and then going on to
>> another thing, leaving a handfull of people with something obsolete, or
>> everybody with nothing.
>
>I have to agree. I first found out about the hardware hacks for the TIs right
>as Mel was running out of the chips for the ESF. I searched out for someone
>who might still have a chip and could make one for me, but no one did, and the
>drivers were lackluster anyway. Then I heard of his Expander II project, and
>started waiting. Then I heard about the EuP. It didn't sounds as good as the
>EII, but it would be something, and people were writing drivers... and then
>nothing. Now back to the new hybrid Mel/Bryan EII. Except I haven't heard how
>long it's going to take; instead I hear about new news about how the EIII and
>EIV are going to be so much better, and incompatible. Which makes half of me
>want to wait and get one of those, not an EII. I'm not trying to put anyone
>down, but... Are we ever going to have anything, or just dreams for the
>future?
>
>I really do appreciate Grant and all the work he's doing. The projects sound
>great. Sorry if this sounds like a flame.
>
>-Justin
>
>PS - Rich, I like your EII MMOD on the EIII idea. I dunno about going as far
>out as some of those ideas, but that one, yes. :)
>
>
>
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