I would not say so.(was: I find this objectionable!)
Message #9 Posted by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) on 7 Oct 2005, 12:21 a.m.,
in response to message #8 by donald wallace
I hope not to extend the subject as much for the boring condition, but let me try keeping it soft and smooth.
Many guys in here know that I`m posting since the year 2000, and I congratulate all of those who have been around here since then. Some well known names have not shown up since long, like Norm (AKA Captain Zenner), others appear to object their names, like 'dot', others like Coburlin (each!) come to try picking some stuff not available here. Many others stay still waiting for the chance to make a difference.
I'm one of them, though.
I'm in Brazil, I play with electronics since I was 12YO, but I actually started to understand digital after being 18YO. I use HP calculators since the beginning of the 80`s and I repaired many units prior to get into the MoHPC world. After that, I could repair some of my own units (two HP41's and an HP25C) and many others from contributors.
I did not charge a dime for any of the repairs I made.
On the other hand, I was given so too many I think I was given too much more than I gave.
I'm forever in debit with the MoHPC community and for as long as I can and I am able to, I'll be posting any information I had access to (unless it is copyright protected, like the MoHPC CD/DVD contents) and I'll repair as many calculators I can without any charge at all. I say that because I mean that, not because I want others to do the same. And let me tell that this is more than a hobby and less than a profitable activity for me, this is a way for me to be in touch with people I do not know and would like to interact with. Unfortunately Brazilian commercial laws and professional opportunities for R&D guys make it hard for us to go ahead and try doing much more than that what`s been done, but these are facts not to be discussed here.
I would like to have the means to go further and achieve some goals, like cloning the nut processor with some microcontroler+ROM/RAM arrangement, but this demands time and personal resources. Lucky for us some guys in here are delving into these hardware/software mysteries and solutions, and this is something I admire seeing people doing because I`d do the same my own if having the chance and the means.
So much for an off-topic. To those of you reading and thinking 'I'm a dreamer', it seems that I'm not the only one (Forgive, John). A lot of guys in the mid 60's made the technological revolution this way, by sharing without any other reward but seeing things happening. We are the ones in the benefit from their forwarding vision. Maybe other guys share some of my points of view, others will disagree, but I guess I'm not too far from what is intended here. I`d also guess that the feeling of being banned may be connected to a different approach of yours, though.
Sorry writing too much (I did not spell check this text... Please, forgive my 'southern American' accent).
Luiz (Brazil)
Edited: 18 Oct 2005, 4:13 p.m. after one or more responses were posted
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