I stumbled upon Etherkit a few years ago only to find I had missed the boat on the CC1. But the Party Line 80 looks like a reasonably straightforward build and I want one! Have you given much (any?) thought to rebooting Empyrean? I have one and it sits there staring at me begging to be put to use, I will need to use it to learn how to write Arduino code first, though! It sure seemed like a cool project.
Thanks for the comment about Etherkit, I'm really pleased that you remember! I'm stoked that at least one person wants a Party Line 80! I figure it's kind of a niche thing, but it should be pretty cheap to produce because of the all-discrete component construction. If you would like to be a beta tester, then I can get you one for most likely just a nominal cost to cover shipping and such. Join my chat room and we can converse further about it.
Regarding Empyrean, it made some sense when I started the project, but with the proliferation of the RasPi Pico and other very cheap and powerful boards over the last few years, I just can't compete on a cost/performance basis. That's why I went with the Pico to power the Project Yamhill front panel. It saddens me that the economics don't work out, as I liked that product, but it doesn't make any sense to cling onto a sinking ship.
I stumbled upon Etherkit a few years ago only to find I had missed the boat on the CC1. But the Party Line 80 looks like a reasonably straightforward build and I want one! Have you given much (any?) thought to rebooting Empyrean? I have one and it sits there staring at me begging to be put to use, I will need to use it to learn how to write Arduino code first, though! It sure seemed like a cool project.
Thanks for the comment about Etherkit, I'm really pleased that you remember! I'm stoked that at least one person wants a Party Line 80! I figure it's kind of a niche thing, but it should be pretty cheap to produce because of the all-discrete component construction. If you would like to be a beta tester, then I can get you one for most likely just a nominal cost to cover shipping and such. Join my chat room and we can converse further about it.
Regarding Empyrean, it made some sense when I started the project, but with the proliferation of the RasPi Pico and other very cheap and powerful boards over the last few years, I just can't compete on a cost/performance basis. That's why I went with the Pico to power the Project Yamhill front panel. It saddens me that the economics don't work out, as I liked that product, but it doesn't make any sense to cling onto a sinking ship.