I've had the self erase date and time happen to me too. It's been a while and it hasn't repeated itself. And like many others, I am looking forward to the color update.

I'm somewhat convinced that I'm going to have to fork over a couple bucks to get color. If it meant they sent me a chip rather than "allow" me to access the code on a site, it sure would make things easier for those of us that are especially skilled at screwing stuff up. I guess I look at the color dmd stuff and figure most the money that goes there, goes there to cover the guys writing code.

I guess there best way to not miss a deadline in the pinball industry is to never have one to begin with. Every one that does promise something gets raked over the coals no matter what they do. Hopefully something breaks soon and if there is cost, it's a reasonable one.