[sdiy] My Fancy Paperweight, the ESQ

[Kyle Stephens]

Sarcasm noted and noticed good sir :). I like to dabble, and thusfar I haven't touched much programing. I know the learning cure to doing something cool is long and steep, but I'd like to see just what kind of trek it is, someday :) (more geek cred it nothing else!)


_Kyle

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--- On Thu, 8/13/09, David G. Dixon <dixon at interchange.ubc.ca> wrote:

> From: David G. Dixon <dixon at interchange.ubc.ca>
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] My Fancy Paperweight, the ESQ
> To: "'Kyle Stephens'" <lightburnx at yahoo.com>, synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 1:02 PM
> >> Ah, the glories of
> digital!  Why not just redesign the whole circuit 
> >> in software on a microcontroller?  You should
> be up and running with a 
> >> far superior circuit before the weekend!
> 
> > Oh, had I the know how (maybe somewhere down the
> line), I would. The
> > chassis and keyboard assembly are all in great shape,
> now if only I could
> > get it to play a note ;P
> 
> Kyle, I was being just a touch sarcastic there. 
> That's the problem with
> programming: you must spend a lot of time and effort
> obtaining the know-how
> before you can do even relatively simplistic things with
> it.  The fact that
> many, if not most, of those on this list who employ
> programming to great
> effect are themselves professionally involved with it in
> some way hasn't
> been lost on me.
> 
>