9 Dec
2008
9 Dec
'08
1:18 p.m.
> example: edit the 1771 FDC to reflect that the
"built-in data
> separator"
> is NOT adequate
> correct typos - there is a probably apocryphal story that Randy Cook's
> choices for data address marks were due to a transposition error in a
> datasheet
On Tue, 9 Dec 2008, Dave McGuire wrote:
I do wonder if that's really true.
Well the inadequacy of the 1771 data separator is unquestionable.
Randy Cook's choice of DAMs could be:
1) error on the datasheet
2) misunderstanding on his part
3) deliberate, as part of some grandiose scheme to include unreasonably
sophisticated features that never got implemented
It seems as though he had brilliant ideas, but never finished ANYTHING.
Yes, that is most infuriating. Some people should
not be allowed
to use computer technology.
The biggest argument against defenestration is the mess
that would have to
be cleaned up from the sidewalk.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com