Re: New Procyon Software!
It is nice to get an explanation of why the chip was changed, but this brings new questions to mind, what will happen to those customers that where quick to purchase the Procyon and therefore got one with a TI chip? I understand nothing will change by your side, MindPlace will support both just as much, but if an independant 3rd party decides to make software for the Procyon that runs on Linux or Mac (which is what I am hoping for), does this mean customers that have the revision 1 of Procyon will not be able to use the software, unless the independant 3rd party decides to write the drivers themself?
Re: New Procyon Software!
Wow this is GREAT thank you I will download and start messing with my procyon immediately... I notice you mentioned a mac driver? Is there a location I can visit to check this out, does this chip manufacturer have a website by chance?
Thanks so much!!
Rob
Re: New Procyon Software!
Hi Encite;
It's probably a bit too soon to answer a question like that. At this point there is only PC support for Mindplace products. There isn't any software written yet for any other platforms and although we would love this to happen, it may not happen for a long while (if ever).
I guess what I'm saying is let's cross that bridge when we get there.
Re: New Procyon Software!
You are right, no use discussing it now when there really isn't an issue. Besides so far MindPlace has given me no reason to believe they will not take care of their customers should that situation occur :)
Re: New Procyon Software!
We are hoping that someone will develop some cool software to control the Procyon (in fact we have an ActiveX control which can help facilitate that... for the TI chip). No one has yet stepped forward to do so, but we remain optimistic.
It might be possible that TI will indeed release Linux or Mac OS X drivers, but we're not holding our breath.
BTW I think that it is not uncommon for manufacturers to vary their hardware over the course of a products life--the Proteus has undergone four hardware revisions in six years (the first one didn't have a power jack, for example), and some of my wireless routers and other PC gear shows as many as four different hardware revs, each requiring its own firmware update. We hope that this will be the only one for a long time, though.
Hope this helps!
Robert