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Originally Posted by knc1
An extra set of eyes reading things for the first time can always help.
People like GM and myself who have been reading docs longer than we care to admit, could easily miss something other eyes would spot. ...
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Back in the 70's, I purchased a TI Databook (containing 74xx logic spec sheets) for $75 plus shipping (when that was REAL money: back then gasoline and candy bars cost about 10% what they do now).
These days, you can get all that stuff for FREE. And google finds the right page faster than you could find it while holding the paper book in your hands. Amazing!
I still have my old specifications for RS-232, SASI (predates SCSI), and even the GIF file format purchased directly from Compuserve (in which specification it says to pronounce is as "Jiff, like the peanut butter"). It irks me when people mis-correct me and tell me I should pronounce it with a hard G like "gift".
Us "old guys" have been around awhile and have our "memories" archived on various "obsolete" media. I still have some of my code on punch cards, paper tape, and 7-track mag tapes, and 8-inch floppy disks too.
A trip down memory lane is a very easy trap to fall into and can take some time to climb back out of, when your head contains a lifetime of fond memories of technolust. 