Re: How true...

[bieling@terra.es]

On Apr 21, 9:19 pm, Charlie Springer <R...@regnirps.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:37:10 -0700, biel...@terra.es wrote
> (in article <1177151830.189657.51...@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>):
>
> > I read this book back then, because learning how to build something
> > that could display characters on the TV screen (no more, no less) was
> > *so* thrilling, but in the end it's true that this project was both
> > "extremely ingenious and ultimately misguided", unlike some other "TV
> > TypeWriters" that came later... 8-)
>
> Don worked as a designer for Conrac or Phillips IIRC and new video inside and
> out. I don't know where "misguided" comes from. It worked and did what he
> wanted. What else can you ask from a project?
> (..)
> -- Charlie Springer

Hmm, see what I've found :

"WOZNIAK: Yes, but I had to be cheap because I didn't have any money.
I used the oldest, cheapest surplus parts I could find. Don Lancaster
had written an article called "TVTI" for Radio-Electronics and it was
the big hobbyist article of the day. He had a humongous design that
used tons and tons of parts and gates, but it was a poor design. I was
into tight, clever designs to cut chips down, so I was flexible about
the video timing. I knew from my high school days that TVs are
designed with a lot of slop. Even if my timing was a little bit off,
it would still work with most TVs and monitors."

<http://apple2history.org/museum/articles/byte8412/byte8412.html>

--Jorge.