Schematics Archive (II)

[Liverdrain]

I especially like PDF docs because you can force them to fit the page with
asolutely no guesswork. Fantastic for us more eco-concious members.
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, jbv wrote:

> Tony Clark :
> 
> >    I would second this.  After all, there are many people with a "mass of
> > schematics", me included.  But you are right, most sites do not aim
> > themselves towards the novice/newbie DIY'er.  I think it would be great
> > for more "tutorials" to be added to the net, in fact I have a section of
> > my site set up for this purpose.  But it doesn't matter where the
> > information is located, just as long as it is accessible.
> 
> It could be also wise to put online the data sheets for the main active
> components of each
> schematics. It would be especially useful in case of "bugs" in the schemo,
> coz checking the
> datasheet is very often the only way to figure out what's going on...
> Links to manufacturers sites might not be enough : I wonder how long they
> will keep online
> datasheets for discontinued / obsolete parts... Although you might need
> permission from them
> to include their documents on your site...
> 
> I also think that one should agree on some "quality standards" for schem
> publishing, like pdf
> documents (for instance) and (above all !) high quality scans (there's
> nothing worst that
> wasting time downloading documents with such poor quality that they're just
> unusable).
> 
> When there's an article and/or a component list associated with the schemo,
> they should always
> be included in the same document (and not only in the same folder).
> 
> jbv
> 
> 

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