BigDumbDinosaur wrote:
At the risk of being viewed as an overly-critical stick-in-the-mud, I fail to see how the price of $250 plus shipping can possibly be justified.
Everyones gotten greedy these days (is one way to look at it), however it probably reflects the time those 3 people have put into it for the design, hardware, software and physical build.
Something we used to call NRE (Non-Recoverable Expenditure) in times past, but everyone needs and wants their dollar now.
And a lot of retro enthusiasts are cash rich, so lets
capitalise on that...
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BTW, the website design is bad news for anyone with significant vision problems. The text is so light I can’t read it except by disable page styles in my browser.
It's not that bad - I've seen a lot worse, but yes, there is a current trend for pages to be somewhat feint and lacking in contrast - hard not just for older folks but people like me with dyslexia too. Damn those young millenials. Bah.
I am somewhat bemused by it though - do we need to see what track the dive is on? Or need to be told that the drive is busy... I wonder what I'm missing out on...
-Gordon
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Dark blue on a black ground is a particular peeve of mine, but I still dislike low contrast text. There's a reason pencils are generally black...