[sdiy] November Circuit Cellar

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Sunday 09 October 2005 06:50 pm, R. D. Davis wrote:
> Quothe Tim Parkhurst, from writings of Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 01:17:57PM 
-0700:
> > So I'm at the book store and I see that the current (November?) issue of
> > Circuit Cellar has a picture of a Moog Voyager and the banner "Analog
> > Techniques" on the cover. Wow! Cool! I almost bought it without even
> > looking through it. FORTUNATELY I did take a minute to look through the
> > pages. To my
>
> That's not the first time they've done something like that to sell the
> magazine.
>
> Years ago, I greatly enjoyed reading Circuit Cellar, and then began
> subscribing to it, but it wasn't long before it underwent a horrid
> transmogrification from a magazine with neat projects for hobbyists to
> a rag for corporate 'droids working in engineering departments with
> unlimited budgets.

I'd guess that's called "follow the money"...

It's a damn shame that magazine publishers seem to do this over and over 
again,  though.

> Funny thing, I used to look at pictures of Steve Ciarcia's lab and
> think, "Wow, all those computers!"  Now, looking around and counting
> well over 50 of those critters here, from notebook to refridgerator
> size, that I've somehow accumulated, and think "yawn..."

I haven't counted what's here in this room lately,  but it ranges from an 
Imsai 8080 through a couple of other CP/M boxes to the three screens on my 
desk to all sorts of other mini and mid-towers (and a few full towers) that 
are stacked up here and there while I try to figure out what I'm going to do 
with them,  plus the boxes containing MBs and drives and cables and 
whatnot...

Lots of older stuff,  not much newer,  but hey,  it does the job,  mostly.

> > dissapointment, there is NOTHING related to audio synthesis, processing,
> > or even the Voyager inside. Why in the blazes do they have a synthesizer
> > plastered on the front? I guess the voyager, with all it knobs and
> > switches,
>
> Why would they do that?  Perhaps to sell magazines to unsuspecting
> suckers who wouldn't check it out before parting with their cash.

I've liked a few issues of that magazine,  but not nearly enough to subscribe 
to it.


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