Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!batcomputer!cornell!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tekig7!gaulandm From: gaulandm@tekig7.MAP.TEK.COM (Mike Gauland) Newsgroups: comp.realtime Subject: Re: Embedded Systems Programming Message-ID: <1951@tekig7.MAP.TEK.COM> Date: 10 May 91 17:06:24 GMT References: <19104@csli.Stanford.EDU> <1252@telesoft.com> Reply-To: gaulandm@tekig7.MAP.TEK.COM (Mike Gauland) Distribution: comp Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, OR Lines: 28 bruceb@telesoft.com (Bruce Bergman @nova) writes: >On a more personal note, I'd love to hear from anyone out there in this >newsgroup about how they thing we're doing. I've been following this group >since its conception and know that the folks who read and post are as good >a judge of realtime as anyone, so your opinion is valuable to me. If there >is something you'd like to see us cover that we haven't, please speak up. If >there's something you think we're overdoing, please say so. If there's >something you'd like to contribute, call me! :-) I've been getting ESP for quite some time now, and overall I'm pleased with it. Some of the articles have been of dubious value, such as those which explain how to replace a $.25 part with software. My biggest complaint, however, is the modern-art graphics littering the magazine. Are these abstract blobs supposed to benefit us somehow? I'd rather see ads--at least I may learn something from them. How about filling the space with a data sheet, for an article about a chip, or maybe a state diagram, or flowchart, or some INFORMATION. Excuse the shouting, but I've seen too many articles I had to read twice to understand, when a simple graphic would have made things much simpler to grasp. Thanks for letting me get that out of my system. I feel much better now. --Mike -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Gauland KG7OS || "No man's life, liberty, or property is safe, (503) 627-5067 || while the legislature is in session." gaulandm@tekig7.map.tek.com ||--unattributed; can't find the source.