00:21:58 yeah, that's my thoughts exactly 00:54:49 and the way they put it, it's not a temporary halt but a permanent one 00:54:50 which is really sad 00:54:58 like, where can anyone get an affordable scanner now? 00:55:07 not everyone can read plans and build something (I know *I* can't) 00:55:31 I'm quite sure I can learn how to use whatever software is necessary for post-processing 00:55:36 but actually building it? 00:55:47 doing it from a kit, I would try 00:56:12 but trying to use the open plans to source parts and all that… yeah, that's not something I can do 00:56:22 per the saved pages in WBM, it was temporary, and then it was inquire, now there is no shopify store at all. Did you see an actual 'we are dead' message? 00:57:12 no, they emailed me in reply to my inquiry about the store with "We have shut down operations permanently because of the pandemic. I need to clean up old links to the shop." 00:57:34 and suggested taking a look at the open plans 00:57:42 which are way over my skill level 01:00:16 oof. http://web.archive.org/web/20201101112927/https://store.diybookscanner.org/password said "We have shut down operations due to the pandemic" (which leaves a little wiggle room for return), but older versions of https://store.diybookscanner.org/ were showing a temorary message. 01:00:28 e.g. "We are temporarily suspending shipments of new kits during the global pandemic. 01:00:29 " on http://web.archive.org/web/20200524013006/https://store.diybookscanner.org/ 01:30:47 https://forum.diybookscanner.org/viewtopic.php?t=3635 "New scanner by Archive.org?" discusses https://twitter.com/internetarchive/status/1358090982189719552 and https://blog.archive.org/2021/02/09/meet-eliza-zhang-book-scanner-and-viral-video-star/ 01:33:21 I guess IA has something called the TTscribe. https://archive.org/details/ttscribeflyer https://archive.org/details/tabletopscribesystem 01:36:19 Doranwen, it is based on the Archivist, but starts at $13k, so it is really too bad the Tenrec kit is no longer available. https://archive.org/details/tabletopscribecosting 01:37:12 Maybe someone at a local maker center could help with CNCing the parts, assuming there is one near you that is actually open. 01:37:50 yeah, I don't know if there's a local maker center around here, period 01:38:28 we only moved here a couple months ago, and I haven't seen much of the town (and with the 'net as it is, I haven't done much looking at maps or lists of businesses or anything) 22:51:40 So has anyone started looking into GiveSendGo?