Re: Radio-Shack Pricing
starnet!apple!cco.caltech.edu!jkubicky (Joseph J. Kubicky)
From: starnet!apple!cco.caltech.edu!jkubicky (Joseph J. Kubicky)
Message-id: <9311090645.AA24903@sandman.caltech.edu>
Subject: Re: Radio-Shack Pricing
To: zoomer-list-1993@grot.starconn.com
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1993 22:45:03 -0800 (PST)
In-reply-to: <9311090147.AA11032@deca5.Cadence.COM> from "lrau@cadence.com" at Nov 8, 93 08:21:00 pm
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Yeah, I've looked at the Zoomer pricing in RS also - in fact, the guy
called there national parts center while I was standing there to ask
about some of the offerings. All they said was 'Can't order it yet' -
even though the guy told me Tandy had sent out a memo to all of the
RS stores saying that much of the stuff would be available 11/1. Sounds
like some problems getting the distribution together.
I just got the 2.0 SDK in the mail today and I just started looking at
it. I don't have Framereader so I've just started looking through some
of the text files. I'm glad to hear about the Zoomer-emulation stuff - now
I've just got to set up a second PC.
Yes, I'm thinking of doing some development for the thing. I'm not really
sure what yet, although the most immediate thing I would make use of
would be...more games! (I'm sure the game-packs are on the way, though.)
I'm actually thinking in terms of the IR interface - especially now with
the 3/94 availability from RS (and, given their track-record, it could be
even later than that). I have no idea how much info is available in
the SDK about the IR (either directly or via inference), but it's a thought.
I figure I've got several weeks of getting up to speed on the SDK before
I can do anything serious.
One thing I am concearned about is the 'upgradeability' of the unit -
is the current system software in 'ROM' or 'EEPROM'? I mean, given the
admitted memory leak and all of the bugs that haven't been found yet,
it would seem really dumb to have put all that code in permanent ROM.
Jay Kubicky
jkubicky@cco.caltech.edu