Weekly update about CSPPC at DCE

[puppy]

There are some things that i can't understand:
- Why FrAmiga gas got response (congratulations)  from Ron and why i do not have any. I write correct Ron's mail.
- Why i do not have feed back from Ron whether he got my card. I sent to an address and it has not been returned. It's suppossed to reach Ron's hands but i am not sure. I sent 20-10-03. As i sent it, i knew that i had to wait, no matter the time i expect, but i am serious at getting to know if my card is alive.
- How many people are waiting? What about creating a web, AKA "help desk" with open cases, updates (i.e. Emilio's card is waiting a PPC from provider. it will come in 2 weeks) and so on. Of course there must be a compromise from DCE. It would show the seriousness of this company, giving an efecctive answer to every user.

- any more ideas?

[puppy]

Ron:
Many thanks for your words! i'll keep patient.
(You can contact me through amiga.org, anyway i have mailed many times from @terra.es)
I do know you are helping us!

[puppy]

Hi Ron,

I am just wondering if it would be useful, we patient users, obtain a PPC chip and we send it to you, so that DCE can repair without having to pay in advance, for us, and without having to wait the pieces. There're lots of 180, 200 mhz Mac PPC chips in eBay.
Worst side is, that it is a double effort, having to deattach the chip and reball it on the socket.

¡Saludos!

¡but i think it is the best, quick and cheapest solution!

[puppy]

Hi TjLaZer,

i suggested so, and Ron reported me that
"I have something like this that we use for internal use. But the thing is that we are really looking towards the end of the affair, it's near a final solution at last. To do somehting like this now, would be wasting precious time".

by the other hand, last week i plead Ron to bring my card back, no answer, no hope? i expect that he hasn't sent me it because it is being repaired. i needed to access my files :cry:  quickly

please Ron, answer me !  :boohoo:

[puppy]

what is missing in all this, is communication. There's a lack of it between users and users (how many we are?), and DCE and users.
why don't we create a webpage so that we can realise about the state of the situation.
We can put our serial and then DCE can display status of the board, expected repairing time. Maybe we can just learn that if we are hundreds or thousand people, we can all cooperate buying in advance the micros so that DCE hadn't to pay for us to the provider (i think that is the REAL question)
Anyone willing to be a webmaster? what about amiga.org help? :-)

SERIAL     OWNER  STATUS                    EXPECTED TIME
------     -----  ------                    -------------
xxxxxx     puppy  expecting micro from prov 01-03-04

TOTAL: 1.201 users ;-)

[puppy]

strife:
I sent mine to Hyperion but they just can manage to fix 680x0 or some other chips but not the PPC, so Timothy returned it.
Then i emailed Bill and Raquel and they forwarded me to Ron. He kindly got my card and it seems it is going by the right way to DCE.
Amiga France, mr Boulet firstly told me he couldn't fix it but later, he told me he could. I think he referred to 68k and resistors and so on ... He fixed me my A4000T and was very kind and communicative.
I do know 2 bussiness in Madrid, that do BGA works, they cost 150 € but they don't get micros. One of both uses security for poerforming operations, but is more expensive.