[sdiy] schemos online

[Rob]

Well, at one point, a bad schematic actually did me more harm than good! I
changed something that looked wrong and didn't need to be changed, and it
caused a huge chain of problems that it took me a week to figure out. ;)

Fun fun!

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Fraser" <colinf at ntlworld.com>
To: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 9:01 PM
Subject: RE: [sdiy] Roland 100M schemos online


> > -----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
>
>