March 1, 2005
From Roger

The deadline is up and I have enough pre-orders to justify the
Q960/Q962 project. There was a last minuite dash that helped. The
lovely and gracious Margo is still in the process of getting quotes
out so please be patient.

I've decided to make the Q960/Q962 a virtual clone of Bob's beloved
960/962. Even down to the incandescent lamps. There might be minor
differences. The circuitry will have to be completly new and different.

There is the possibility of an Aid module that would add some features.

As for gate buses, I'm inclined to provide a gate bus connector in the
back that chains over to a 961-ish module that provides A/B gate bus
switches, and 2 outputs with LEDs. Center position is off. Each Q961
would also have a gate bus thru connector so you can stack as many as
you want.

Still thinking about whether to put the gate delay on it, or if to
rely on another gate modifer module I already have designed.

Concerning the term 'bus', here in the US 'bus' has become the
accepted spelling. I run several websites dedicated to computing
buses - VME, STD, PC104, etc. Controlled.com PC104.com

Thanks to all and I'm looking forward to the challenge. Without a
civil and lively forum, this would be impossible. Thanks also to
those of you that have provided me technical input and support, you
know who you are.

I've got a lot of work ahead of me, so if you see a soft glow and
random bursts of blue smoke followed by sparks and muffled screeching
sounds in the direction of East Texas, that's just me keeping my side
of the bargin.

Now it's time to sell off the fixed assets to generate enough cash for
parts.

Roger