[sdiy] Reprinting Electronotes

[Grant Richter]

Gosh Paul, did you study under Trent Lott?

Dividing this list into hostile camps of "old farts" and "young pups"
benefits no one.

Dividing the world into hostile camps of "MOTMers" and "weirdos" benefits no
one.

If your going to claim to be an "old fart" then show some maturity. This
constant division of our tiny band of enthusiasts is destructive.

Shame on you!

> From: "Paul Schreiber" <synth1 at airmail.net>
> Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 09:46:20 -0600
> To: "synthDIY" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Reprinting Electronotes
> 
> I want to toss in YAV (yet antother view).
> 
> My take is that the "Electronotes camp" is divides thus way: people over 40yrs
> old and the young
> pups. Then, there is another division as well: those that *respect*
> Electronotes for what it did
> to our lives (I am the poster child for that camp) and those that consider it
> "a good reference
> point".
> 
> There are many of us who are still active in synths because of the "glory
> years" of EN, say
> 1973-1979. We we in college, we had $2/week to spend, and we wanted a synth.
> And, more
> importantly, we just didn't want a schematic and a parts list. We wanted
> KNOWLEDGE.
> 
> Almost 30 years later, EN is STILL the best source of KNOWLEDGE in not just
> synths, but many
> areas of analog design. If EN didn't have a *single schematic* in it, it's
> STILL worth the money.
> This may be lost on a younger generation that "just wants to hook stuff up and
> make funny
> noises". Sadly, most folk seem to be content with that. In the EE labs at
> Texas A&M there was a
> sign over the door that said "There is building, and there is understanding."
> 
> In the Napster-impregnated mindset, everything is supposted to be free. People
> who own the IP
> rights are rich anyway/don't need the money/who cares/etc and in Bernie's case
> he in fact does
> NOT own any material rights prior to Jan 1, 1980.
> 
> However, just because you CAN do something (put it all on a website) doesn't
> mean you SHOULD do
> something. The older farts RESPECT his contribution to the art, and out of
> that respect do not
> wish to dilute his own distribution. Lack of response on HIS part aside (he's
> an 'odd duck', very
> anti-computer/anti-Internet).
> 
> I have 3 full sets and no you can't have them. 1 is in a fireproof safe 500
> miles away as backup
> (talk about an 'odd duck'!). If I list the 3 people to "blame" for me dropping
> out of Honors
> Chemistry and switching to EE (causing be to graduate 1 year late) it is:
> 
> 1) Bob Moog
> 2) Bernie Hutchins
> 3) Dave Rossum (of EMu), I wanted to 'be like Dave'
> 
> OK, back to soldering!
> 
> Paul Schreiber
> Synthesis Technology <<blame Bernie
> 
>