After a substantial delay, I finally have the address to send the raffle prize out to the winner. Here's their fabulous prize package:
More pictures can be found in the
album I used for this project. I'm sending the following:
- The Serial #1 NES/SNES replay board from true with one assembled NES controller cable
- The N64 board from micro500 with one assembled N64 controller cable
- Spare pinheaders to make additional cables
- The "upper" grey Lego assembly which ROB uses to hold the replay board, still in one piece
- The not-as-pristine-as-I-had-hoped ROB
- A new-in-box Raspberry Pi (256 MB rev 1 Model B)
I had not originally intended to donate a Raspberry Pi, but honestly, I didn't need this extra one and I wanted to make the raffle prize a bit sweeter. I had purchased a ROB specifically to give away as the raffle prize but when it showed up it was not as pristine as it was advertised. After a bit of work I got ROB functioning smoothly and I used NOVUS to clean up the plastic with the only thing I couldn't easily fix being the "telephone cord" on the back that's a bit stretched out. Otherwise, I'm extremely happy with how everything turned out.
To sweeten the pot even further, micro500 also donated his N64 bot that he used for the Mario Kart 64 verifications along with the cable. I'll pester micro500 to get the replay code for this.
The only remaining hurdle is actually a fairly silly one - I need to find enough packing material to ensure that Rob doesn't show up with a broken neck. :)
Thanks again to everyone for the support. I don't know when the next *GDQ event I'll attend will be but I plan to continue to participate in future marathons and I'll post in this thread at least one more time when the Triforce gauntlets raffle prize that my wife is knitting are ready to send out. Until next time,
A.C.
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More pictures can be found in the album I used for this project. I'm sending the following:
- The Serial #1 NES/SNES replay board from true with one assembled NES controller cable
- The N64 board from micro500 with one assembled N64 controller cable
- Spare pinheaders to make additional cables
- The "upper" grey Lego assembly which ROB uses to hold the replay board, still in one piece
- The not-as-pristine-as-I-had-hoped ROB
- A new-in-box Raspberry Pi (256 MB rev 1 Model B)
I had not originally intended to donate a Raspberry Pi, but honestly, I didn't need this extra one and I wanted to make the raffle prize a bit sweeter. I had purchased a ROB specifically to give away as the raffle prize but when it showed up it was not as pristine as it was advertised. After a bit of work I got ROB functioning smoothly and I used NOVUS to clean up the plastic with the only thing I couldn't easily fix being the "telephone cord" on the back that's a bit stretched out. Otherwise, I'm extremely happy with how everything turned out.
To sweeten the pot even further, micro500 also donated his N64 bot that he used for the Mario Kart 64 verifications along with the cable. I'll pester micro500 to get the replay code for this.
The only remaining hurdle is actually a fairly silly one - I need to find enough packing material to ensure that Rob doesn't show up with a broken neck. :)
Thanks again to everyone for the support. I don't know when the next *GDQ event I'll attend will be but I plan to continue to participate in future marathons and I'll post in this thread at least one more time when the Triforce gauntlets raffle prize that my wife is knitting are ready to send out. Until next time,
A.C.
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