Re: Re: Chip order from Ram controls

Add me to the list. I won on ebay two large auctions of POKEY chips.
I quickly paid, never received them, one excuse after another how UPS
lost the package(s) AND there was no tracking numbers. Yeah right.
In the end a few of us that won ebay auctions at that time from him
got together. We were all getting similar excuses. I guess UPS lost
a huge number of packages across several days and lost the track numbers
too. Yeah right. Seems like a bunch of people didnt get there stuff
that time. In my case after several months I ended up getting a refund,
probably because the group of us that banded together put some pressure on
him and it was through Ebay. I would have rather had the POKEY chips
that I won. Your mileage may vary.

-Scott

Steven Gregory wrote:
> Too many have been burned by Dave, myself included. I've waited over 2 to 3 years for a batch of RAM which
> never showed up. I've been giving the round of excuses and I can't get him to send a refund.
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> - Steven
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> From: Pat Danis
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 1:23 PM
> To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
> Subject: VECTOR: Re: Chip order from Ram controls
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> Kevin:
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> I don't know if you ever e-mailed David about the chip request we have. I ordered $200 worth of vector specific chips and haven't received any yet. I am cutting and pasting his PMs to me. If you could send him a specific list of what we want/need as I will certainly fuck it up, that would be cool. You may have already done this, I don't know.
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> When you come over on Sunday, remind me to dig out the tubes of chips I have so that you can take a look at them to see if I have anything you can use to fix stuff. Volcano is very active so be sure to call first before coming over on Sunday. I shall try to e-mail you if I get back home on Saturday night.
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> PM's follow
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> 14 Jan:
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> Hey Pat,
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> Good to hear from you. SO glad to be back among the living. LOL Now I know what all the complaints are about when it comes to sinus infections. I've never hurt so bad before!! I guess I was lucky because I only had to deal with it a relatively short period of time.
>
> I have all sorts of components. Give me some $$ and I'll put together a load of parts for you that you won't be displeased with. :-) I work on Atari boards more than anything, so my component cache is very Atari-friendly. Whatever you get, I'll make sure to throw together a pile that's over-the-top for you.
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> Talk to you soon.
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> Dave
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> Quote:
> Originally Posted by komodo
> Welcome back to the living. I too just got over a bad cold (Got it on a trip on the 1st of Jan) which turned into a sinus infection, (which I am still combatting). I am awaiting payment on some parts and then should be able to send you some cash for chips. I am needing anything to fix a bunch of Star Wars and other Atari game boards. I'm good on pokeys but need all the other stuff. What do you have left and what price are you asking? No rush on this stuff. Just trying to finish up a deal we started about a month ago.
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> Pat Danis
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> 15 March:
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> Hey Pat,
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> I could have sworn that you asked me to hold off. I forget if you wanted to change it up a bit or if you were flying somewhere and just wanted me to hold off. I also recall another conversation about Tempest PROMs? I recall "126"... I was looking for my stash of PROMs and I found them on Friday when I dug through the most recent pallet of parts, but I could not remember what you wanted exactly. Remind me and I'll sort through them now that I have the parts out in the open.
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> Worst case, if I don't have those PROMs (which I think I have a TON of them ready to go - I used to do repairs on the order of $4000/weekend back in the day, so I'm fully stocked!), I can program some fresh ones for you. I'm sure I have blank PROMs ready to go somewhere in my stash....and I have a good idea where those boxes are, too. I just saw them on Friday, in fact.
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> Anyhow, Kevin later asked me about the PROMs, I responded a couple of times, but got nothing in reply from him about that specific topic, so I let it go. I gave him a decent list of crosses for the type of PROM he was asking about, too. Did he and I have any trouble with communication? I recall that conversation specifically, because I was excited to help you and Kevin out. It's not often I get to do something for YOU, so I'm eager to help. :-)
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> Sorry if we had any disconnect on what was supposed to take place there. I'll make it all good.
>
> Let's discuss and you can tell me what you'd like. I'll get it to you.
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> Anything at all that you need, let me know. I have all sorts of good stuff.
>
> Dave
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> 29 March:
>
> BTW, I was able to find the tubes of blank 74S288 PROMs. How many would you like? These are nearly impossible to find anymore (actual 74S288), but here I am with several tubes of them. :-)
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> Let me know.
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> Dave
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> Another 29 March:
>
> Hi Pat,
>
> You got it. I'll start rounding up parts for you. :-)
>
> FYI, I am completely out of AM6012, AD561JD, MC1495L and TMS2532A.
>
> I'm about to get more of the TMS2532A, but I'm still waiting on quotes for the other three. I get these parts for MUCH cheaper than anyone else in our group can, so I stock up, sell them off, stock up again, sell them off... It's a cycle for me. I don't make anything on it, but I'm able to supply the group with parts and earn some brownie points while I'm at it - maybe people will remember how cool I am when they're about to go into witch-hunt mode. LOL
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> I do have LM13201, so that's easy. I also have 2114, 4116, 2101, etc, etc, etc lots of RAM. Those PROMs, of course.
>
> Do you have anymore ideas on what you'd like? I'll contact Kevin and see if he can offer up any ideas. I'd like to make sure you can USE what I send over.
>
> I'll contact my sources and see if I can speed up the process on resupplying myself with those other part numbers more quickly.
>
> Talk to you soon.
>
> Dave
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> Final 29 March:
>
>
> Hi Pat,
>
> You got it. When you have a moment, could you let Kevin know to talk to me about it? I've emailed him a couple of different times about this general topic, but I have not received a response yet -- maybe he's waiting for you to OK it? I really want you taken care of, so the sooner the better. :-)
>
> Thanks and have a great week!!
>
> Dave
>
>
> Quote:
> Originally Posted by komodo
> Since Kevin is doing my board work, that would probably be best. I am the money man. I do appreciate your ability to get these chips. I am still pretty ignorant about chips and what I need so it is better to let somebody who is better informed make the purchasing and I pay them for their time. I like having the right parts at the right time. Just work with Kevin and when you get the order filled that will be fine. Don't let this little order detract from your big sales.
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> Pat
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> That is where we are at. He is pretty busy with his secret project so we shall see what happens. Figured the least we could do is get those PROMs
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> for Tempest.
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> Thanks for reading
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> Pat
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