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Richard Crowley wrote:

> "Pooh Bear" wrote ...
> > Talking of spoof data sheets, anyone seen EV's SP13.5TRBXWK ( IIRC )
> > data sheet
>
> http/steamer.mindfart.com/

SCARY ! I remembered the part number correctly !

Thanks for the link. ;-)

Graham

 

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Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> writes:

> Randy Yates wrote:
>
>> Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > Mike Rivers wrote:
>> >
>> > > In article <02Hie.3849$tX5.593@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com> padillah@hotmail.com writes:
>> > >
>> > > > I don't need to play the music but I do need to store it on hard drive.
>> > >
>> > > What's the point, then? If you're not going to play it, why store it?
>> >
>> > A digital packrat ?
>>
>> WOM - write-only memory.
>
> Decades ago one of the major US semi manufacturers dreamt up a spoof WOM IC data sheet !

I think I remember that. I think it was either Fairchild or National Semiconductor
who also had the "UFART - Universal Fully Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter".
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Randy Yates wrote:

> Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>
>>Randy Yates wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Mike Rivers wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>In article <02Hie.3849$tX5.593@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com> padillah@hotmail.com writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I don't need to play the music but I do need to store it on hard drive.
>>>>>
>>>>>What's the point, then? If you're not going to play it, why store it?
>>>>
>>>>A digital packrat ?
>>>
>>>WOM - write-only memory.
>>
>>Decades ago one of the major US semi manufacturers dreamt up a spoof WOM IC data sheet !
>
>
> I think I remember that. I think it was either Fairchild or National Semiconductor
> who also had the "UFART - Universal Fully Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter".

(It's a Bob Pease article)

http/www.electronicdesign.com/Articles/Index.cfm?AD=1&ArticleID=5186

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On Tue, 31 May 2005 01:09:47 GMT, Randy Yates <yates@ieee.org> wrote:
>>
>> Decades ago one of the major US semi manufacturers dreamt up a spoof
>> WOM IC data sheet !
>
> I think I remember that. I think it was either Fairchild or National
> Semiconductor who also had the "UFART - Universal Fully Asynchronous
> Receiver/Transmitter".

I was contracting for a famous instrumentation maker. Some "suit" (they
didn't really wear suits) decided to name his new product the Single
Output Linear power supply.

The factor floor had a status board that showed what each product was
doing in terms of raw units and percentage of the divisions
profitability.

The new product was listed under "SOL."

As soon as HIS boss saw the board, a memo came down changing the
internal name of the product to "Renaissance."

 

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Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
> And he expect that, twenty years down the road when the PC
> architecture is dead and gone, that someone will drop a CD-R with
> these compressed files on his desk or my desk and expect us to read
> them. Just like they are currently dropping 3-track tapes and 16"
> acetates on our desks today.
>
> What will we do then? That's a question that needs to be asked.

one could always include the source code for the decoder, assuming it's
available, of course.

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"Aaron J. Grier" <agrier@poofygoof.com> wrote in message
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> Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:

>> And he expect that, twenty years down the road when the
PC
>> architecture is dead and gone, that someone will drop a
CD-R
>> with these compressed files on his desk or my desk and
expect
>> us to read them.

We can look back 20 years and use that to guess at how life
will change in the next 20 years.

20 years ago the latest PC technology was based on the PC-AT
and MS/DOS. If there had been MP3 decoders in 1985 they
would be MS-DOS command line application programs with
character-mode UIs. .

Not surprisingly, most MS-DOS command line application
programs with character-mode UIs still run under XP.
admittedly some tweaking may be required or not.

>> Just like they are currently dropping
>> 3-track tapes and 16" acetates on our desks today.

There were never the volume of 3-track tapes and 16"
acetates then, as there are MP3s now.

Volume begets more backwards compatibility.

 

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agrier@poofygoof.com (Aaron J. Grier) wrote in
news:11e15b1i9r7n63e@corp.supernews.com:

> Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
>> And he expect that, twenty years down the road when the PC
>> architecture is dead and gone, that someone will drop a CD-R with
>> these compressed files on his desk or my desk and expect us to read
>> them. Just like they are currently dropping 3-track tapes and 16"
>> acetates on our desks today.
>>
>> What will we do then? That's a question that needs to be asked.
>
> one could always include the source code for the decoder, assuming it's
> available, of course.

and the compiler, and the OS.

 

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In article <PMKdnQu14OPfan3fRVn-rg@comcast.com> arnyk@hotpop.com writes:

> 20 years ago the latest PC technology was based on the PC-AT
> and MS/DOS. If there had been MP3 decoders in 1985 they
> would be MS-DOS command line application programs with
> character-mode UIs. .

That sounds like a pretty good idea. Probably be easier to modify to
run on a contemporary machine that way, if modification is even
needed. I'm running a DOS program with a command line interface as I
type.

> There were never the volume of 3-track tapes and 16"
> acetates then, as there are MP3s now.

Quality, not quantity, is what's really important.

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Blind Hog <blind_hog@acorn.com> wrote:
> agrier@poofygoof.com (Aaron J. Grier) wrote in
> news:11e15b1i9r7n63e@corp.supernews.com:
> > one could always include the source code for the decoder, assuming
> > it's available, of course.
>
> and the compiler, and the OS.

sure, why not? it would be akin to keeping service / technical manuals
and EQ standards around for tape decks.

and of course the most complete solution is to periodically copy it to
the latest media available, without destroying the old media. you get
redunancy and also hedge your bets against single media obsolescence.

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