[sdiy] Another new hard to find part....

[Paul Maddox]

JB,


> remark 1 : when I compare the time I used to spend 25 years ago designing
+
> debugging modules & drilling PCBs full of TTL logic with the ease to
design
> the
> same stuff around a uC or a basic stamp, I realize that I don't care much
if
> big companies decide to drop TTL logic in dip package...

well said,
Given a slight redesign a small micro (PIC/AVR) could quickly and easily be
made to do the job of most discrete digital electronic chips, and perhaps
more, combining two or more chips into one package.
For example, the monowave oscillator was based on a design using a two
latchs and some full adders, but 24bits wide. Instead of needing something
like 16+ chips, I had one 20pin chip that did it all, saved space and money.

> Furthermore I don't think logic ICs had much influence on the analog
sound...

well said.

> remark 2 : in the late 60's & early 70's, when Bob Moog & friends used to
cook
>
> their modulars, did they made efforts to use technology from 30 years ago
?
> Nope : they were just using parts of their time. And they managed to make
> wonders out of it.

Yep.

> When compared to what was available back then, today's technology is
pretty
> much likle a treasure island. So is there really any difficulty to design
great
> stuff with today's technology ?

not at all, but a reluctance to change, part of human nature..

> Is nostalgia of analog sound really necessary ? Does digital really have
to
> compete with analog ? Did analog have to compete with violins and drums ?

well said, I gotta remember that one..

> I've the feeling it's just nostalgia for the pleasure of it... Nostalgia
of
> the thrill and
> difficulty to find parts & schemos in the 70's, when today everything is
only
> a mouseclick away on the net... and 5 to 10 times cheaper...

Well said JB!
don't get stuck in the past, look to the future..

Paul