Pinchroma, are you 15YO? You sure act like it. Please tell us your background in the amusement industry and in general "real world" electronics. I suspect you are a computer programmer and nothing more - but that's just a guess as you have never told us about your experience.
I have been involved in the amusement industry for 34 years. Prior to that I had formal electronics training. I have been involved in "real world" industrial electronics design and repair all my life.
I really couldn't care if WOZ takes 3 seconds, 3 minutes or 3 hours to boot - you even contradict yourself in this thread (or is that lying?) one time saying "7 seconds" then later you say "20 seconds" - Sunfox says "26 seconds" a customer (who no longer owns the machine) told me "3 minutes", that could have been an off the cuff statement rather than an actual timed period. Either way they were very keen to be rid of the machine for several reasons.
Regardless, you seem rather touchy about this subject - forget calling me names, that won't wash around here like you managed to get away with on some rogue forums.
PCs and amusement devices - let's see since you appear to have little industry background:
(1) A redemption machine called "Agro" - a few hundred made, PC based would randomly reset, never reliably start, all gone now
(2) Several thousand photo booths, went very well for about 12 months then the PCs started to die, campatibility issues made it very difficult to keep them going. After 2 years the most valuable part in them was the NRI coin mech - all now dumped.
(3) A myriad of different "commercial" MP3 jukeboxes - nothing but an unreliable disaster and a huge monetary loss to anyone who bought them - mostly now pulled off site, sitting in sheds, waiting to be dumped.
(4) A twin driving game - looked great but once moved basically never worked reliably again. all stripped and dumped
Many many others all long forgotten and dumped.
Just 2 weeks ago a Kiss pinball owner purchased a replacement MPU-35 board from me for $200, plugged it in and in 30 minutes was playing his machine again. He was delighted. He could also have sent his board off and had it repaired for about half that cost.
Assuming he actually receives his WOZ one day, what will he do after 12 months/2 years whenever it stops, call a pinball tech who might say "that's a computer - I can't help" or maybe call a computer tech who might say "that's a pinball - I can't help".
Either way he can't simply remove a board and have it repaired or replaced - it isn't that straightforward.
Therein is the entire problem with WOZ - the concept of it was flawed right from the very start.
Pinchroma, you and Sunfox were able to get the pitchfork brigade all worked up about me on another unruly and mostly unmoderated forum because nobody there knows me. Here the members know me for being helpful when they have an electronic problem - I even make one off boards to help them out when I need to. I like to think that my industry and electronic knowledge is well respected here, perhaps I'm wrong, I was once?
Your constant barrage of personal insults towards me only serves to show your true colours to those on this forum and, by default, just how terrible JJP is shaping up to be regarding customer service. Jack is aware of the comments on this thread and he told me that Pinchroma is free to say what he likes!!
I really feel sorry for those who have had faith in this project.
