Document it---Dang it!

Fraser, Colin J Colin.Fraser at scottishpower.plc.uk
Tue Sep 14 11:22:33 CEST 1999


> -----Original Message-----
> From: patchell [mailto:patchell at teletrac.com]
> Sent: 14 September 1999 03:07
> To: Synth-DIY
> Subject: Document it---Dang it!
> 
> 
>     I thought I would pass a long a helpful hint, from a sort of old
> timer to you young sprats.  Document those D.I.Y. projects.  
> Otherwise,
> you will be sorry.  I (finally) have started the process of 
> restoring my
> first polyphonic synth I built about 20 years ago.  Dang if I 
> can figure
> out what some of the boards are supposed to do.  It is 
> probably a little
> easier now that we have computer cad and such, but I wish I had made
> better sketches.  It seems that I must of thought at the time 
> that there
> was no way I would forget how that one worked.  WRONG!
> 
>     Well, I'll figure somehow.  Don't let this happen to you.

20 years ? Pah !

I forget how I did things 6 months ago !

Uncommented assembler code ranks high on the 'WTF does this do ?' scale.


Colin f



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