Old Timers [was: CompuPro CPU-68000]

[M H Stein]

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Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:31:32 -0700
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
Subject: Re: Old Timers [was: CompuPro CPU-68000]

On 21 Mar 2009 at 15:50, Jim Battle wrote:

> Chuck, that was spoken like a true old-timer, but your derision is
> laughable.  "Hey, you damn verilog coders, get off my lawn!"
> 
> I'm surprised, as you saw the transition from tubes to transistors to
> ICs, so it shouldn't shock you that the next evolution of integration
> requires just as much engineering and intelligence, although the
> problems to be solved are somewhat different.

Oh, I was trying to be humorous about it.  I write Verilog too; it's 
fun in its own way.

I could just have easily grumbled about ... laying out 14 AWG busbar on 
mahogany breadboards between surface-mount (meaning that they're 
attached with woodscrews) components.

Times change, and all too frequently, we don't.  All we can do is 
grumble.

--Chuck

--------------Reply:

Aw, some folks just don't get irony and subtle humour...

But you're right: I never thought about it but we've come full circle with 
surface-mount techniques; I wonder if royalties are being paid...

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