[sdiy] From Bernie of Electronotes

[Pete Hartman]

Thanks for speaking up Bernie.  I thought that sounded kinda fishy.  And if
Synthesizer Freaks is the group I think it is, at one point they had a bad
rep for being ridiculous about "analog ONLY" conversations and kicking
members for the slightest (yet arbitrarily enforced) infraction, to the
point a lot of us just washed our hands of them.

There may be members here (Quincas?) who have stuck it out; I think it
might be of use to relay your comments back to them, if you're OK with that?

Looking forward soon to completing my set purchased in chunks, thanks so
much for continuing to provide the archives.

Pete


On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Bernard Arthur Hutchins Jr <
bah13 at cornell.edu> wrote:

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> HA!   Old-timer (sorry Henry old friend) Henry Birdseye has reposted
> comments from a “Synthesizer Freaks Facebook page:” (I avoid facebook so
> haven’t seen/followed this). I believe the original poster is one Scott
> Beam who is a person I had never heard of 24 hours ago!  Beam has NO
> connection with Electronotes although he freely offers “advice”, and has
> proven (in short order indeed!) to be difficult to communicate with.
>
>
> Here is not a proper place for regurgitating contentious exchanges, but it
> will be helpful perhaps to correct some errors in what Scott posted.
>
> He said: “The author doesn't even have this complete of a set in this
> condition. Contains issues 50-119, 1975-1980.”
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> Not only do I have many such (the same original printings), and we mail
> the sets out weekly, but many of you on this mailing have the same.  So
> much for finding a rare treasure.
>
>
>
> Scott also says: “It would mean a GREAT deal to the project if you're able
> to tip him even a few dollars in appreciation of his work to his
> PayPal    http://electronotes.netfirms.com  “
>
>
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> Please - Don’t do that.  No project here.  Anything submitted without an
> order will of course be promptly refunded.
>
>
> Scott also said:  “Just to be clear, this is not my work, I'm only
> providing a mirror of his exact site in the form of a zip
> archive, and Mr. Hutchins is aware of what all is going on.”
>
>
> Well – yes – I am aware.   But not in the sense of having given prior
> approval.  He proudly posted the link to the ZIP file without informing me.
> Possibly useful, but we do update the site every month or two so the new
> items will be missing.
>
>
>
> OKAY.  And I wonder if I deserve the “Scrooge” title I sometimes get?  Our
> everything package is $373 for some 6000-6500 pages (link above).  The
> printing on that costs $292.  The postage is included at $40.  That leaves
> me with at most $41.  On top of that, everyone get something like 3000
> pages (of the most useful, newest material) free.
>
>
> Cheers and sincere best regards to all.
>
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>
> Bernie
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