[sdiy] AI code generation

[cheater cheater]

Lovely, thanks!

On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 6:23 PM Eric Frampton <eric at ericframpton.com> wrote:
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> Hey! Thanks.
> Some short answers follow. Look for a personal email with the longer answers and attachments, I’m not going to spam the group with all that.
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> Testing is 3 layers of static/structural proofreading, then running on emulated Z80 machine code internally, then sending binaries out to me along with Swift test beds for the emulator to run on my end.
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> LR = Lionel Richie. I’ve been keyboard tech’ing for him and his band for 11 years.
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> I heard that Tony K. (of Encore and Sequential fame) is working on a new CPU board and possibly a replacement for the MIDI/Sequencer board for those machines that don’t have one already, so I’m standing by to see what kind of awesomeness he whips up.
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> > On Jul 27, 2026, at 6:40 AM, cheater cheater via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
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> > Hi Eric,
> > Tremendous description, thank you so much.
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> >> We figured out a 4-layer protocol for us to check its work as we finished each new build
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> > What are the 4 layers? Can you tell us something about them?
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> >> if there’s any new code to be built, we’d produce a “FINDINGS” document with what we’d learned and what we’d expect the code to look like, then start a new BUILD thread to do the actual coding
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> > Could you please show some such FINDINGS docs? And could you show a
> > BUILD thread? Even if they're boring, they would provide insight into
> > how such things work internally. Feel free to spam attachments and/or
> > send them off-list.
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> > Who are LR? :)
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> > Have you considered upgrading the CPU? It seems like a pico would be
> > insanely more effective at quickly parsing things compared to a
> > memorymoog; a full fledged pi could even hook up to an external
> > monitor so you don't have to squint over a stupid tiny LCD when
> > browsing patches and menus; a combination pico and pi could work where
> > the pico does the realtime stuff, and the pi communicates with it for
> > the gui and video output and e.g. sd card storage for patches.
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