Re: TI-H: Major concern. Major advice. NOT a flme.

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Re: TI-H: Major concern. Major advice. NOT a flme.


Nice book you wrote here Rich. :)



>Grant, you say all these things, but I've not heard them talked about 
>till a message or two ago.
>
>I'm kinda directing this at Grant as a piece of advice, but I think 
>everyone here ought to read it and do a little thinking. Also, there 
>isn't much to reply about. Either you misenterpereted it as a flame and 
>you reply and start people complaining, or you reply to say how 
>meaningful it is, or you don't reply and you actualy consider doing 
what 
>the message suggests. 
>
>All ideas should be welcome. If someone says something that was posted 
a 
>year ago, don't flame them, let them know it was tried. who knows, they 
>might have a great new approach or part that would make it possible!!! 
>That has been discussed many times, but what about how much we share! 
>Some people are simply saying, I have an idea, and they start working, 
>but they don't keep the list informed. People start making assumtions, 
>and then they learn they screwed up or they said something that was 
>assumed true but wasn't. They don't know. They havn't been kept 
informed 
>of the progress of the projects. People are talking about top secret 
>projects and stuff. THIS IS OK!!! If you have a project, and don't want 
>people to know utill/unless you finnish, You're actualy doing us a 
favor 
>by keeping us from worring about when it will be done. The problem is 
>that some people are saying they will do something, even be close to 
>finnished, but then quit and leave everyone on the list leaning over an 
>unfinnished idea. Some people may get angry and others might feel 
>rejected. Mel did this. Grant has been diligent, and kept with it, even 
>though we've chewed him out so many times that he should have left us 
to 
>fend for ourselves. He doesn't deserve it, but there is one bad habit, 
>which he and a few others may have and it is causing some problems. 
Now, 
>some of the things I'm about to say might sound like a flame, but I 
>TRULY mean them as advice! Not as a flame, so PLEASE read this 
>completely. I don't want to make anyone angry, but, like someone said 
in 
>a previous message (I forgot what message), you keep things fairly 
>secretive. You say you're doing something, and then don't update on 
your 
>progress. Maybe a few things here or there about when drivers will be 
>done. You never mentioned the EII having this bank switching or 
whatever 
>you're talking about. You never mentioned backup abilities, you never 
>mentioned anything other than it was going to be ready soon. Most 
people 
>have something called a feature list. It's a list of descriptions of 
all 
>the features. Have you ever heard of this??? You don't let people know 
>what's going on with the project, so no one knows what to expect. Many 
>people, my self included, probably assumed it was an EuP running on an 
>AVR rather than a PIC. No one ever said how different it would be. You 
>talk about wasting your time! I've wasted hours trying to come up with 
>ideas for the SPinTerface version of the EII. I sent countless messages 
>about the MMODs and stuff. You merely said "It woas not compatible", 
>rather than actualy SAYING WHY it was incompatible!!!
>
>Why do you waste MY time. I'm glad all these features are here, but you 
>never explaind WHY it was different, WHAT was different. I and many 
>other have asked about the EII, but you simply replied with, so and so 
>percent complete, HD crashed, no problem, short delay. You never told 
us 
>it was majorly different from the EuP. Now I'm stuck with useless 
>designs and have to start over. Personaly, I'd love it if Bryan would 
>release the PIC code and I could start producing SIMPLE BASIC EuPs. At 
>least my designs would work then.
>
>You have the problem of not letting your prospective customers know 
what 
>they're buying. I realize that all this stuff is very good, way better 
>than the EuP was, but you could have SAID something!!!
>
>I want you to continue your work! I'm glad that someone has the brains 
>to do it, and isn't going to leave us with nothing after countless 
>promises. I see you as a better hobbyist than Mel Tsai ever was, simply 
>because you're sticking with it. You have a hard position to fill. 
>People are VERY IMPATIENTLY waiting for the EII. Some are confused 
about 
>the SPinTerface EII. The SPinTerface EII is simply an EII with a 
>SPinTerface port connected to it instead of a separate power supply, 
>power switch and link cable. If you have questions about what's 
>different DIRECT THEM TO richfiles1@hotmail.com and if you want 
>information on what the EII DOES or IS, ask Grant (I forgot his 
>address).
>
>I simply will be building them. I'll follow Grant's specs and whatever 
>else he has up his sleve, cause how am I to know if he's going to make 
a 
>suprise change or release a new expander. He does not give many details 
>except maybe what kind memory is used, and that's after people beg him 
>to answer. Grant, I'm asking you to simply make a complete list of 
>features on your page, post the Schematics there as well, and since you 
>say the drivers are done, start making AVRs as soon as you get your 
>order of blanks (or whatever you call them).
>
>Please take my advice. I want the EII and the EIII to grow into AWESOME 
>expanders, but you can't do that unless you inform us on what they do 
>exactly!
>
>Thanks for reading this. I hope you take my advice
>
>and good luck on your EIII.
>
>Richard Piotter
>richfiles1@hotmail.com
>
>The Richfiles TI Page
>http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5081/Richfiles.html
>
>
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