[sdiy] Those darned Casio chips!

[Rude 66]

heh.. of course lying is  wrong. so is swearing. however, presidents lie and
not only get away with it, but even get re-elected..;-)

if a little lie, like saying you are a dealer, would get you service docs
that would result in a whole bunch of synths getting repaired and functional
again, would that really be so bad? how does a company 'suffer' from this?
i find it incredible that a company can get away with this sort of
behaviour. how many yamaha synths, organs etc worldwide are laying around
broken just because yamaha are too rigid to share their technical docs? i'm
not asking them to put them on the net, or even to provide them for free.
hell, some of the folks here probably would be a lot better qualified to fix
these things than the official dealers, only they don't have the official
title.
companies have a social responsibility too... imho this falls under it..

r./





----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Gravenhorst" <music.maker at gte.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Those darned Casio chips!


> "Rude 66" <r.lekx at chello.nl> wrote:
> >all this kind of stuff is so incredibly stupid from thse companies. how
> >bad would it be to just simply lie?
>
> That's an incredible comment.
>
> How bad would it be if someone "simply" lied to you to take advantage of
you?
>
> Lying is wrong.  Period.  It's their product, their rules, either live
> within that or live without it.
>
> If anything is "incredibly stupid", it's lying.  Do you live in a society
of
> mutual trust or a free-for-all?
>
>
>
> >is it really such a crime to tell yamaha you're a dealer to get this
info?
> >hell, senso, you used yo have a store.. and rainer, why not make up some
> >document in photoshop with some stolen logos and a fake autograph? i mean
> >come on, we're talking about 25 year old technology here. if companies
like
> >casio and yamaha are too stupid to see the importance of this info to
keep
> >their machines alive, they're asking for it..
> >
> >i'd draw the line at breaking into their offices and stealing the docs.
> >would be cool though.. i can see some of us going through the file
cabinets
> >with one of those spy cameras, like a bad 60's spy movie..;-)
> >
> >r./
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> I have as much information as included in the service manual, but
that's
> >> about it. Hitachi Japan told me that they indeed have datasheets for
> >> those LCD controllers, but I would require a signed authorization by
> >> Casio to get those.
> >>
> >> Needless to say what email Casio not even bothered answering :)
> >>
> >> Rainer
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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