HHaase
Active member
Considering dipping my feet into the EM repro world
If I've already harassed you via PM about this, my apologies.
Basically, I've been having fun doing some simple board designs of repair aids for early Williams pinball stuff. I get a kick out of finding unsupported niche markets, and making stuff for them. The EM pinball / arcade world definitely seems to be a niche market, and I'm not aware of anybody making anything for them by way of reproduction boards.
I'm considering doing some of the more simple sound cards, maybe boards for 8-track players, that sort of thing. But I just don't know which ones people really need, as I can't really wrap my head around what machines are out there.
I'd love if somebody could give me a bit of direction on this. Keep in mind that the break-even point is generally somewhere in the 50 unit range, if I want to keep prices reasonable. I could go lower numbers, but prices start to climb pretty fast.
-Hans
If I've already harassed you via PM about this, my apologies.
Basically, I've been having fun doing some simple board designs of repair aids for early Williams pinball stuff. I get a kick out of finding unsupported niche markets, and making stuff for them. The EM pinball / arcade world definitely seems to be a niche market, and I'm not aware of anybody making anything for them by way of reproduction boards.
I'm considering doing some of the more simple sound cards, maybe boards for 8-track players, that sort of thing. But I just don't know which ones people really need, as I can't really wrap my head around what machines are out there.
I'd love if somebody could give me a bit of direction on this. Keep in mind that the break-even point is generally somewhere in the 50 unit range, if I want to keep prices reasonable. I could go lower numbers, but prices start to climb pretty fast.
-Hans
