Allison wrote:
Once I went to great lenghts to put out a subsection
of CP/M bios using
765 for general interest and no particular use. The result, one moaned
about the assembler used (plain ASM), another was disappointed I didn't
use Z80 instructions and Opcodes, A two tried to tell me it can't work
(it was from the system that used/assembled it!). My response was and
is still FREE IMPLIES: YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. Caps inteneded.. Often
rather than getting mad accept it for what it is.
FWIW, I've written a couple of synth plugins for Linux audio
applications, both of which are based on Xsynth-DSSI original code. One
of them emulates the analogue end of a Roland TB303 Bassline and is a
pretty major rewrite, the other is a kind of vector/wavetable synth
thing and was more of a quick proof-of-concept hack.
I've only had a couple of emails about these, but they've all been along
pretty positive lines, and occasionally suggestions for little tweaks to
improve them. I suppose it depends on what kind of itch you're trying
to scratch - if you're solving a (relatively) uncommon but hard problem,
like writing a BIOS, then you may find that you run across people are
more critical. Possibly because they can't sort it themselves.
Gordon.