[sdiy] Re: 4049 and 4069

[Pete Niedermayr]

Three Prices You Pay Syndrome -
1 - The price you paid for the item.
2 - The price you tell her you paid for the item.
3 - The price you pay when she finds out the price you paid

50-50-90 Rule -

If the husband has a 50-50 chance of being right, there's a 90 percent
chance he'll be wrong.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shokwave" <shokwave at nb.aibn.com>
To: "Sdiy (E-mail)" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Re: 4049 and 4069


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Snow" <psnow at magma.ca>
>
> > Hi Darren,
> >
> > > (can't wait for my sockets to arrive, so I can finish up the midi->cv
> converter)
> >
> > Which one are you building?
>
> Tom G's RXCV; not the Pro, the simpler/cheaper one. The EFM stuff looked
> like a good place to start out in all this, so back a couple of years ago
> when he had his "moving sale" I picked up a few boards and small kits.
I've
> finally got almost the time and money (which means, greater than nill, but
> still close to nill) to start building.
>
> I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly the RXCV board soldered up...but
> I'm still waiting on sockets (the infamous Jameco order). It's sorta like
> duck hunting...you don't dare calculate what each one REALLY cost you,
it's
> better just to enjoy 'em and think nice thoughts. And whatever you do,
don't
> let the spouse know final unit costs!!
>
> -Darren
>
>