AW: "DIY" standards ???

[Jim Johnson]

>Sorry, but I hafta agree with Juergen here.  Apart from all of the extra

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>these be racked?  What about power supplies?  It would be really stupid to
>rackmount an RF theramin, so should we never post designs for these?

I think you're reading too much into this, Andrew. I can't speak for Harry,
but I don't see the introduction of loose, informal standards as being a
creativity stifler, or as an attempt to exclude anyone's designs or
efforts. Instead, I see it as a means to make DIY easier for those of us
who - for whatever reason - can't do everything needed to build an
instrument. It's an extension of your efforts, not something that needs to
interfere with them.

Jim Johnson 
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On 4/3/99 at 12:42 PM Andrew Hutchison wrote:

>Sorry, but I hafta agree with Juergen here.  Apart from all of the extra
>time and effort involved in standardizing our designs, we also deal with
>people like me (ie poor college student who doesn't yet have keys to the
>university pcb/machine shop) who would prefer not even to spend the money
>on packaging.  After buying components and vectorboard for a project, it's
>nice to be able to cut a corner and just glue the thing into a margarine
>tub.  Also, see that there are too many different types of project to be
>easily standardized.  If all that was discussed here was synth modules,
>maybe a standard makes sense.  However, what about effects boxes?  Should
>these be racked?  What about power supplies?  It would be really stupid to
>rackmount an RF theramin, so should we never post designs for these?
>Juergen had an excellent point.  Different packages have advantages and
>drawbacks.  Further, what about individuals who don't want to use the
>standard?  Maybe I can get all the vectorboard I want from school/work,
>but only in strange sizes?  Now I have to spend my time undoing someone's
>work and laying out the board my way instead.  Most importantly, though, I
>think a standard would discourage people from making modifications to one
>another's designs, and to me this is almost the point of DIY.
>
>Drew
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