Teron PX ATX PowerPC motherboard

[Themamboman]

Kronos wrote:
@weiseb

That board is still running through Eyetech who have zero interest
in showing the pricegap between both boards (and want to make some
extra  $$$$$).

I don't want to be a trouble maker, but I'm a little weary of Eyetech.  About 6-7 years ago, I found a guy who made a custom hardware and software package for the Amiga to utilize the Connectix Quickcam, black and white version when I lived in Ft Lauderdale, Florida (he lived in the same town).

He wrote the software himself and uploaded a demo to aminet:

http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/aminet/biz/demo/QuickCam.readme

and designed and hand constructed the hardware himself:

http://www.amiga-hardware.com/quickcam.html

He was contacted by an Eyetech representative at the time about a distribution deal, so he sent a custom cable and software to them for them to test.  At the time, the only other solution was being worked on by a group called ACQVid or something like that, and I don't think they ever shipped it.

Anyway, he told me later, that Eyetech started advertising his cable and software for sale on their UK webpage, and they had never contacted him or paid him for his design.  They just started building cables and copying his software.  I'm not sure if they even printed a manual, but he said that they basically stole his product.

Tony was just a single, mid-20's immigrant with no family, working low-paying jobs and making his amiga products because he loved the platform.  He had no money for a lawyer (let alone an international one).  I know he complained to them several times by email, with little result.

I'm not indicting the whole crew at Eyetech, but at least one person there was dishonest at that time.  I'm personally not going to give them any money because of that.

BTW, I used to host a website advertising the his software and hardware.  The page was designed by the guy who used to run the Almost Daily Fishwrap which was a very good amiga news site, if you remember that one.

[Themamboman]

DaveP wrote:
@themamboman

If you didnt want to cause trouble you wouldnt have posted
that. Lets have hard evidence please rather than just
more rumour mongering.

Just thought I would put out a tiny little warning.  I did say that it appeared to be only one person, many years ago.  

It was more than rumor though.  They guy did invent the item.  I was one of the first orders.  I used it.  Others bought it and used it.  And Eyetech did show an identical item on their webpage after he told me that they took it.

The only thing that could have invalidated this was if he was an outright liar.  I had his invention a couple of months before Eyetech showed it for sale.  He excitedly told me in an email that they were reviewing it for possible resale before they started advertising it for sale.  

His was the only working quickcam adapter for the Amiga, so the one they were going to resell was his design.  I can't think of any reason that he would start claiming that they didn't pay him and just started selling clones of his stuff, since lying about it would damage any real deal that they may have had.

Just thought it would be helpful to advise a bit of caution.  Perhaps everyone there now is honest, but at one time, at least one person, who made a good product, claimed they took it from him without compensation.

[Themamboman]

Do you have a particular agenda in posting libellous nonsense like this

My apologies.  I had only heard his side of the story, and that was years ago.  

I am surprised that the units you received were in bad shape.  The one I got a couple of months before that was very carefully put together (although it did look like a handmade job, he'd obviously put much time into it).

I wasn't out to cause damage to your business, but more of a word of caution.  I lost contact with him not too long after his initial complaint, so I didn't hear what, if any resolution had occured.

I'm in self-imposed posting exile for a while now.

TheMamboman
 :-(