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Re: Selling Picasso IV
« on: February 01, 2007, 08:07:12 AM »
Forget about Villagetronic. The person who did the Picasso IV quit VT not long after it's release. This person tragically died taking all knowledge with him.
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Re: Selling Picasso IV
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2007, 10:36:38 PM »
Sorry, might have gotten some details wrong, got those from a guy who gave me Tobias' mail adress.

Tobias has now fixed one of my Picasso IV's for me. (wasn't recognised at all)
I do know he's got a bunch (quite a bit actually) spareparts from either klaus or VT.

Hope he takes it further, or is able to help more people out by upgrading or fixing P4's.
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Re: Selling Picasso IV
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2007, 10:26:57 AM »
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Well perhaps suggesting to Tobias, that Picasso IV's are in a demand state, which might warrant a production run.  Assuming he has enough of the knowledge to accomplish a fresh production run.


C'mon, we've past that station before. In no way is there to be another production run, for several reasons. One would be a it needs a complete redesign, most parts used in the P4 are no longer available.
Let alone the very strict new RoHS guidelines, if you were to acquire the parts needed they are lickely to hold lead, which is no longer accepted in electronic designs made and sold in Europe.

You're best bet would be to redesign a completely new card; in which the Flicker Fixer parts is probably the most easy to (re-)implement.
Greetings from Wilnis, The Netherlands
Now owning ALL Amiga models and most; if not all; flavours of them...My Amiga Museum