[sdiy] Roland 100M schemos online

[Colin Fraser]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl]On Behalf Of jbv
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 9:33 PM
> To: kynsi at boomboomclap.demon.nl
> Cc: synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Roland 100M schemos online
>
> Well, I hope this won't lead to another endless debate...
>
> anyway, we're all very thankful for the time & energy you'll spend
> scanning & posting those documents, and don't want to look
> like demanding
> people... The only thing is to agree on a file format &
> resolution that will
> give
> the best results for display AND printing, so that you won't
> have to do the
> job
> several times...

I'll second that...

It's funny isn't it - someone goes to the trouble of scanning in some rare
document, tweaking the files, formatting it, and posting it to a web page
somewhere they're probably paying to maintain, and the response from those
downloading their efforts for free is akin to a lottery winner who's just
picked up a couple of million but is complaining that it's been paid in
small bills...

The only advice I'd give to someone who's going to post a schematic is-

make it readable across platforms
make it *readable* - it's a real pain thinking you've found that elusive
schematic then finding you can't read a single value on any component
because the jpeg is so heavily compressed

If you satisfy those two conditions, then pat yourself on the back for doing
your fellow synth builder a good turn.

Colin f