@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?
Rider,
Thank for the post, no argument perceived.
IMO,Lionel's kick in the face exceeds more than old TMCC.
The problem is that trains sold new in 1994 (unlike computers sold in 1994) can still be running strong now and in decades to come. I have 50+ year old brass imports with can motors in them that still run strong.
After converting a new pair of H-4 Lionel 2-6-6-2 locos to 2 rail I ditched the boards. I am in the process of installing new boards for battery R/C in an H-8 with lights and sound control. The H-4s are next.
I am not married to anything. There are too many options out there.
