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New software version?
Posted: 19 Sep 2007, 03:51
by dombleu
Is there any known roadmap for the next pearl software?
I got a pearl 2008 and i must say that touting that "The Pearl 2008 is a cosmetically updated Pearl 2004 with the addition of USB memory, giving storage for the complete set of personality files as well as multiple show files"
without those features actually working is a little disapointing.
Come on guys, surprise me and tell me it is around the corner!
Dom
Posted: 20 Sep 2007, 16:43
by niclights
It is around the corner (USB support).
It would be foolish to suggest a date.
Posted: 21 Sep 2007, 00:51
by iadwm
Let's hope that Dom is sufficiently surprised
Posted: 21 Sep 2007, 05:20
by dombleu
not quite
But theses are still good news.
As it is the only genuine pearl in town, people get curious about it. Especially when they see how fast i can program awesome oneniters
But i get i little shy when I get my bunch of floppies out of their sandwich box. Anyway, i feel like a kid waiting for christmas!
Good nite!
Posted: 23 Sep 2007, 16:02
by niclights
It does work and it is very much a priority. But it's not as straight-forward as it might seem and most important it is working 100% correctly before release. Thus the delay.
Floppies will soon have retro value!
(me wonders if we should have speed-programming competitions
)
Posted: 23 Sep 2007, 17:52
by iadwm
niclights wrote:Floppies will soon have retro value!
The other day an 'teen asked me, "what are they?" [floppies].
I felt old. And decided to stop comparing my age with mass storage devices!
Andy
USB Support
Posted: 30 Sep 2007, 03:35
by jlightguy
Greetings! I purchased the Pearl 2008 in January of this year with the same expectations. I keep wondering if the newer consoles (i.e Tiger) are taking proiority and thus pushing the updated Pearl USB functionality to the "back burner".
Just wanted to put my two cents in. I'll keep the rest of my pennies to buy the retro floppy disks!
Do you need Beta testers for the Pearl Update?
Posted: 30 Sep 2007, 05:35
by dombleu
the tiger doesn't seem to have a floppy drive... maybe the advance of the tiger isn't that bad for usb support after all...
Posted: 30 Sep 2007, 14:51
by niclights
The Tiger & 2008 both have the same software with the same priority to get USB support fully functional and tested reliable. Indeed, as Dombleu suggests, the fact that the Tiger only has USB would be a reason for progress to be even more vital.
So, priority remains high for both.
Posted: 01 Oct 2007, 16:17
by jlightguy
Makes perfect sense. Obviously I have not done my Tiger research! I just stumbled upon the PLSN write-up for the new console.
Thanks for the update and the info!