Congrats on the submission and good luck! I know EXACTLY what you were feeling about this. The case looks really cool and I RESPECT you decision not to get into the 3D printed good business.
Fingers crossed for the next prototype coming quickly!
While it would be nice to have ESPectrum emulator powering the board, I don't think it's that crucial. As long as it can run speccy half decently, I would be happy. What I would love down the line is an expansion module for connecting an external screen (VGA? HDMI?), because as much as I love the all-in-one form factor, I fear the screen might be too tiny for my old eyes.
As for 3d printing - I think releasing an .stl (and possibly even a .step, for those who want to tinker with it more) file would be enough. There are always people willing to print stuff for people without 3d printers and more and more libraries offer 3d printing services.
Agreed - I'm actually pretty happy with the home grown emulator that I have - it's functional and lets me test everything. Having something like ESPectrum would be nice, but not essential.
VGA and HDMI are both things that I'm experimenting with while I wait for the new boards.
Congrats on the submission and good luck! I know EXACTLY what you were feeling about this. The case looks really cool and I RESPECT you decision not to get into the 3D printed good business.
Fingers crossed for the next prototype coming quickly!
While it would be nice to have ESPectrum emulator powering the board, I don't think it's that crucial. As long as it can run speccy half decently, I would be happy. What I would love down the line is an expansion module for connecting an external screen (VGA? HDMI?), because as much as I love the all-in-one form factor, I fear the screen might be too tiny for my old eyes.
As for 3d printing - I think releasing an .stl (and possibly even a .step, for those who want to tinker with it more) file would be enough. There are always people willing to print stuff for people without 3d printers and more and more libraries offer 3d printing services.
Agreed - I'm actually pretty happy with the home grown emulator that I have - it's functional and lets me test everything. Having something like ESPectrum would be nice, but not essential.
VGA and HDMI are both things that I'm experimenting with while I wait for the new boards.