[Coco] Disto schematic issue

Bruce W. Calkins brucewcalkins at charter.net
Mon Jan 4 12:50:48 EST 2010


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Heskett"

> On Monday 04 January 2010, Bruce W. Calkins wrote:
>> I downloaded the Disto Schematic Kit form MaltedMedia
>> last week and had some problems printing it.
>>
>>Does anyone have an uncorrupted copy?
>
> Whoever made the combined file would be the one to ask, I just looked at 
> my
> page 9 and its fine.  They all exist as .jpg's here on my drive.  Or maybe
> those aren't my scans? ISTR I sent them to someone as .jpg's, but
> CRS/oldtimers has struck again and I don't remember who.
>
> Please bear in mind that Tony was pretty paranoid about exactly this sort 
> of
> thing, and there are mistakes on every page that would prevent the 
> operation
> of a device made from those drawings.  So IF you find a difference between
> the drawings and the real thing, you'd best put on your engineering design
> hat and figure out which is the correct drawing, what you see in the 
> copper &
> chips in front of you, or whats on the drawing, keeping in mind that the
> copper and chips _did_ work.
>
> -- 
> Cheers, Gene
> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
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All 17 pages display on the monitor without any problem.  It is when I try 
to get a hard copy of anything past page 9 that the gremlin takes root.

And yes I had heard that there were errors, but ATM it is the only reference 
aside from the hardware.

Bruce W.





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