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Title: Whatever happened to these scan doublers?
Post by: jahc on July 20, 2008, 11:47:23 AM

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47197

I cant find my original emails/private messages to the maker. I've got 3000 emails in my inbox and cant find his address with searches such as "order" or "scan doubler". He was going to be making about 2-3 or 3-4 a week by hand. I havent heard back from him though, I wonder if he has given up?

Title: Re: Whatever happened to these scan doublers?
Post by: jahc on July 20, 2008, 11:52:26 AM

Ahhh, I found his email address here:
http://amigaworld.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4097&start=40
..And found our emails in my inbox.. I've emailed him now. I hope hes still making these.

Title: Re: Whatever happened to these scan doublers?
Post by: cv643d on July 20, 2008, 12:14:54 PM

Let us know his answer, I have ordered one too.

Title: Re: Whatever happened to these scan doublers?
Post by: Plaz on July 20, 2008, 01:19:54 PM

The last word I had was the build rate was 4-6 a month with a backorder log of around 60 requests. Roy is still building these, just very swamped with orders.

Plaz

Title: Re: Whatever happened to these scan doublers?
Post by: pyrre on July 20, 2008, 02:15:26 PM

wonder if it would be possible to order a complete unassembled scandoubler from him? It would take some load of his shoulders...

Title: Re: Whatever happened to these scan doublers?
Post by: Firedawg on July 20, 2008, 02:23:58 PM

I ordered back when Roy was producing his Atari ST scan doublers units (very professionally made and packaged), and it took several months before I received it.  

Roy is a dedicated and hard working guy, and I believe he would have reported to everybody that the project had gotten outside his scope of ability to complete.

Thanks to everybody that supports folks like Jens, Georg, Dennis, Roy, thedaddy, and many others who are actively keeping the Amiga scene alive.  I salute you all!

Mike      

Title: Re: Whatever happened to these scan doublers?
Post by: jahc on July 22, 2008, 06:51:32 AM

Roy replied with this email:

Quote

Yes, I am still making them but I am having noise
problems with the PAL version of the unit right now.

So I am delaying release of the PAL unit until I sort
this problem out. I will let you know when that
happens....

He gave me permission to paste this email for you guys.

Title: Re: Whatever happened to these scan doublers?
Post by: Retro_71 on July 22, 2008, 11:36:48 AM

Yes Roy will be sending me a PAL unit to start testing on my A500, A1000, A2000 (with and without Opalvision),and more importantly my A3000. I will also give it a go on the A1200 & A4000(yes i know the limits).

So hopeful the noise will be fixed soon.
Fingers Crossed.  :-D

Title: Re: Whatever happened to these scan doublers?
Post by: ZeBeeDee on July 22, 2008, 12:00:08 PM

@ Roy

Take your time ... no rush here for my order  :-)

Title: Re: Whatever happened to these scan doublers?
Post by: countzero on July 22, 2008, 12:05:19 PM

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Retro_71 wrote:

more importantly my A3000.

it would be nice to compare the output with amber output of A3000.