From: oneil@worf.arc.nasa.gov.arc.nasa.gov (Don O'Neil)
Subject: RE: SCSI & Accelerator, again.
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 16:53:02 PST
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In response to previos responses about the SCSI & Accelerator:

>>cancel it. We cannot give any information about the design to anyone, so don't
>>ask.

>I didn't ask and I know I wouldn't be able to use it even if you gave it to
>the world for free.

I'm sorry I sounded so harsh, but I have been bugged about this so much from
people who want to recreate what I've done for their own benefit. What I did
was considered patentable, and I am in the process of patenting it. It had
more than one application, not just for the 99/4a.

>(You seem to take too seriously my devil's advocate position, so I'd like
>to tell you that I am basically harmless :-)

I truely enjoy answering all questions about all my projects, even if they are
being asked for the sake of asking. I never try to make myself sound defensive,
I'm just trying to educate. Don't get me wrong, I'm harmless too! :)  

>Why not, BTW?  TI and MYARC held their system architecture closed, and paid
>dearly for it.  This was discussed here in the past.
>I do not need that info, to be sure, and you have full rights to keep it closed,
>of course.  But we could all learn a good lesson from the HRD with its open
>architecture, couldn't we?  Not to mention the Apple // and IBM PC sucesses

I do not keep my architectures closed for many of my products. I do however, 
try to keep enough information "reserved" so that nobody could duplicate
my efforts. I don't want to see many hours of work gone down the drain because
somebody illegally copied it. Just a precaution.

>>WHT or BMS. The same thing can be said about ANY piece of hardware for any
>>computer. What do you do if the company goes under? If you ever send in a
>
>Not so if you can open "computer Shopper" and find dozens of companies
>with toll-free phones eager to replace your part and take your money...
>
>I know, I know, and I am not trying to compare...  But these thoughts ought
>to be in everybody's heads anyway.

True, very true. Many TI equiptment could however be repaired by any repair
tech provided with the proper information. Anyone who is worried about loosinf
their investment should invest in the Bunyard and Lewis manuals on peripherals.
If you ever did run into a snag, you could take your whole system down to a
computer repair shop and they would have adequate info to get things working 
again. I realize that this is not a good solution, but it is a solution. WHT
and BMS will allways repair are own products, or replace, as long as we can.

>>century. Remember, I am not in this for the money, as long as I don't loose any
>
>I never said you are!  And I am certainly glad (as I mentioned before) that
>there is still support to upgrade the machine.
>I trust we all wish you the  best of luck and full success.

Thanks, I think that we all need the support of each other to keep this thing
going for alot longer. I've had my system since 1984, and intend to keep it
operational at least until 2004. :)