Re: Please Read Bryan: Re: TI-H: Code and schematics and such


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Re: Please Read Bryan: Re: TI-H: Code and schematics and such




finish it then.

>Well, I really appreciate your offer
>but I've worked on programming projects
>with others before and I've noticed that
>things can get confusing fast when you
>have to adjust to another's coding style.
>The source is finished, but not debugged,
>so I might as well finish my own code.
>
>Bryan
>
>Grant Stockly wrote:
>>
>> Bryan:  I'm pretty good at AVR code seeing as how I've made an IDE driver
>> on one, are you sure I can't finish it for you?  How about you let me
>> finish the code and then I give it to you and you sell it?  Sound good?
>>
>> I wish Bryan would let me finish the EII...  I made him an offer in
>> February, and one the following month...
>>
>> >>I think you should make your own code if you can't release others code. If
>> >>there is only one way to do the code, then there's one way to do it. If
>> >you'd
>> >>never seen the code, you'd claim it was yours. There is only so much you
>> >can
>> >>do with the link port. And there is only one way to use it (from what I
>> >know)
>> >>What does the code do anyway??? I don't know if all this legal stuff realy
>> >>even belongs on this list. I realize that stuff is owned by the designer,
>> >and
>> >>that can't be ignored. The problem is that some things are kept under wraps
>> >>cause of legal issues. I'm sick of waiting for this stupid EII and all
>> >these
>> >>other things! The EuP WORKED! GOD! why are we waiting for Bryan to finish
>> >the
>> >>EII when he could have continued producing the PIC for all this time.
>> >GEEZ!!!
>> >>The thing worked, but MEL said it was crap cause it used the _PIC_ and not
>> >the
>> >>_AVR_!!! Who cares WHAT chip it used!!! I'd be happy if I never heard of
>> >the
>> >>EII and could het programmed PICS!!!
>> >>
>> >>I don't care if they're more expensive.
>> >>
>> >>I had an offer of over $100 recently for an expander!!! I realy wish I
>> >could
>> >>have said yes!!!
>> >>
>> >>I like the EII and the nice expansion port it'll have and that It'll be
>> >>cheaper, but I'd rather buy PICs, or better, see the released code! If
>> >you're
>> >>not making them anymore, why don't you post the code. if it's so obsolete,
>> >why
>> >>don't you give those with the skills, the option of making their own
>> >>expanders, chip and all!
>> >>
>> >>I realy wish there were a DETAILED report of the varying projects. And I'd
>> >>like to know if this "code" is some specialty code designed by Bryan or if
>> >>it's some type of code that can't be done any other way. Trying to hide
>> >stuff
>> >>won't do anything. I bet the EII could have been released atleast a month
>> >ago
>> >>if this secrecy hadn't been going on. How can you make a product no one
>> >knows
>> >>about! It sure seems like it!!! This sucks!!!
>> >>
>> >>COME ON!!! this list is for SHARING ideas for the calcs! It's not very
>> >>productive to keep things shut away.
>> >>
>> >>I don't care about a smashed Laptop or people worrying about their "code"
>> >>being stolen. Things happen and that I can understand, but one thing I hate
>> >is
>> >>when things are designed and then thrown in a closet. Someone begs for
>> >someone
>> >>to invent something, only to find out all this time, all that work, it was
>> >>already done. POST TO THE LIST if you invent something, and if you DESIGN
>> >it,
>> >>you should have every right to release it!!! GOD!!! Grant has spent
>> >countless
>> >>hours on the EII, and other projects. Grant, if you can't release them, why
>> >>design it!!!
>> >>
>> >>If you're going to make it, then let us in on it. This is to EVERYONE. not
>> >>that everyone does this. It's just that promises are made and stuff keeps
>> >on
>> >>being designed, but we can only hope someday we can maybe see it in the
>> >future!
>> >>
>> >>Another thing, microcontroler are required for some devices, such as the
>> >>memory expanders and links, but Grant's (or Bryan's, I don't know which)
>> >idea
>> >>of making the expansion module port on the EII to make a "standard" for
>> >making
>> >>new devices. So now everyone needs this fabled EII to have decent expansion
>> >>devices??? Not everyone is going to have an EII, but they might want a
>> >sound
>> >>generator that produces waveforms. I'd prefer logic over microcontroler,
>> >since
>> >>anyone could build it. Maybe it's a little more complex, but I'm sure it
>> >could
>> >>be done! making a microcontroler standard is not a good thing. I realize
>> >it's
>> >>the only way sometimes, but come on! the link port, although a pain, is
>> >still
>> >>the best way to expand the calcs. making the EII allow devices to be
>> >attached
>> >>to it is great, but it shouldn't become a standard. the link port is
>> >already
>> >>something everyone has.
>> >>--
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Richard Piotter
>> >>richfile@prairie.lakes.com
>> >>
>> >>The Richfiles TI Hardware and BASIC web page:
>> >>http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5081/Richfiles.html