[Coco] Deluxe Wireless Pak on hold

[Aaron Wolfe]

Could you substitute the parts this device uses? seems a little
expensive assembled but maybe the components can be found cheap:
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=582

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Roger Taylor <operator at coco3.com> wrote:
> After reading the rest of this e-mail, I want any pending customer who might
> be reading this to make a decision to either convert their order to a Drive
> Pak or to wait it out with me until A7 finishes their relocation or whatever
> is going on.
>
> I'll be contacting the pending customers directly as well but for anybody
> else who wanted one of these cartridges and was wondering why the ad
> vanished from coco3.com, I wanted to explain.
>
> The wireless pak uses the "EB301" bluetooth module made by A7 Engineering
> Corp.  My pak brings the 6551's signals out to a header that matches the
> pins of the EB301 module, so I can plug the module in to complete the serial
> pak into a wireless pak.  Without the EB301 module, the pak is basically a
> serial project pak with TTL signals at the header.
>
> I have 6 or 7 pending orders of the Deluxe Wireless Pak that are overdue.
>  My last order for 10 buetooth modules was ignored by A7 and the money was
> refunded.  Actually, their authorization charge was released back and the
> actual charge wasn't made.  This was 2 months ago.
>
> Their website leads to a maintenance page when you try to order the modules.
>  I haven't received any replies to their e-mails.
>
> A7 formerly occupied a suite in a building with other companies.  The new
> tenants answered the phone using a name with the word "engineering" in it,
> or so I think I heard it that way, which is kind of odd to me but I haven't
> probed any further about that.  But one of the ladies that I finally got
> passed the phone to after a bit referred to the A7 owner by first name and
> sounded as if she knew him, and she gave me his cel phone #.
>
> It is in fact the owner of A7.  He has not replied to my voicemail recently
> left.  I'll try periodically to reach him but I won't bug him to death to
> the point where he doesn't want to deal with me.
>
> I'll let you guys know when I hear something else.  A7 makes a lot of stuff,
> and I feel confident that they will get back rolling soon.  I welcome
> anybody to visit A7's web site to see the little issue I'm dealing with:
> http://www.a7eng.com/products/bluetooth/productpages/eb301serialbtadapters.htm#orderinfo
>
> To the many existing customers of the Wireless Pak, I want to thank you very
> much for supporting the efforts, and I want to reassure that the support
> will continue.  CoCoNet makes use of the pak to give you wireless floppy
> disks from a nearby PC or the web.  It's great!
> --
> ~ Roger Taylor
>
>
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