Fw: [sdiy] I've been off list for 5 years - what have I missed?

[R. D. Davis]

Quothe Rude 66, from writings of Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 11:54:05PM +0200:
> well, i'd go one step further and say since we're basically all working with
> 30-40 year old designs, the hot topics wil be more or less the same all the
> time..;-)

Yes, the truly interesting designs that are fun to play with and don't
require logic analyzers to troubleshoot (good thing, that,
particularly since my Gould logic analyzer is on the blink with power
supply problems and the schematics don't show the power supply, which
is from a 3rd party source).  Analog lives! 

> > "john mahoney" <jmahoney at gate.net> wrote:
> > >Welcome back, Sean. I've only been here a year or so, myself.
> > >
> > >It's like you never left -- hot topics lately are BBDs and the >SN76477.
> >
> > Don't forget "messiest workbench"...

Yes, that was fun... we've got to do that again; perhaps the thought
of another contest like that will give us all something to strive for
all the more, helping us all to remember that neatness is a terrible
condition that we can all help each other to avoid being afflicted
with. ;-)

> > - Governments do nothing well, save collect taxes.

If everyone, or even half of the people, sent in very messy
handwritten tax forms, using crayons, that would slow 'em down and
they couldn't come after all of us... that would be a good way to
break the system.  See, another example of where messiness is good.
Actually, using crayons more often for other things would be fun too.
Hmmm... I've actually got some 30-plus year old Crayola crayons around
here somewhere that should still work... seems like a good way to
ensure that one's circuit designs and schematics are as elegant as
possible and not too tiny to read... and a great way to make people
wonder...

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