aquishix wrote:So, if this project gets to the point where a few of them can be made with full functionality and reliability, please let me know. True GUS cards on eBay are posted at $300 - $925 right now, and all the GUS clones sell so quickly that I never even see them before they're gone. I just find the evidence that they were posted and sold by digging through Sold listings.
It is already at the stage where cards can be built that consistently provide full functionality and expected levels of reliability. Reading through the last few pages, you can see that we are working to refine the design, do further testing, and add more options. The significant advantage of a card like this is that it not only offers more capabilities than any InterWave card ever sold, but they are being built now, with all new parts, so there is no need to worry about stale or leaking capacitors, or the need to repair the card after paying through the nose to get it.
As you may be aware, this is shock__'s project; it's his design, and, justifiably, he is the only one with the design files that can be used to produce a board. Unless something has changed, boards are only being offered to those who donated to the project early on, or made technical contributions along the way. This is partly due to the number of eBay vultures who would surely try to profit handsomely from his efforts otherwise, and partly due to the somewhat limited supply of InterWave chips.
It is still possible to make a technical contribution, if one can find something that catches his interest, but at this point, I don't see what that could be or how that might be done without having a prototype already in hand. This doesn't mean that he won't decide to source more InterWave chips and offer some boards for general sale once the design is finalised, but whether he does, and at what price point, will be for him to decide.