@Rider Sandman posted:Tom, not to be argumentative, but TMCC dates to 1994. I don’t believe there is a “rapid obsolescence” scheme here. Microsoft, a company with infinite resources compared to Lionel, stopped supporting Windows 95 years ago.
These systems are just getting very old and the chipsets to build old boards are extremely expensive in normal times, let alone in times of global shortages. This is exactly why the DCS and CABII handheld remotes are on the endangered species list.
Just look around at all the new vehicles stacked up everywhere waiting on chips so they can be completed and sold…what would it cost to tool and build low volume 30-year-old model train boards at a time when every major manufacturer of nearly every type of product is begging for chips for their current stuff?
There ya go! Ditto Tom! Right to the point! They may **** us off to the point if no return. Rider - this hobby is a bit different then the purchase of a new car. We’ve come to expect we can fix and restore stuff - from way back when - like a 68 Charger - with aftermarket stuff available.
chip sets are expensive? Lol - it’s not a silver zeon or I9 being used here!
