J
JURB6006
Guest
Hello;
The idea has been bandied about in a previous thread about sharing PDFs, like
datasheets and schematics. Of course they are not all PDFs. It doesn't much
matter what they are, but as useful information I think using a P2P network to
share some of these files would be mutually beneficial. I wouldn't expect
people to share all their high buck store-boughten schematics. I have found IC
datasheets to be very helpful when troubleshooting without a schematic.
Almost everyone spends some time on a computer researching such things, and
enough of the time it is worth it. To speed the process, a P2P network would
work well. Details, such as naming conventions and preferable file formats do
not need to be hammered out in stone, but most people doing TV and bigscreen
work, or most any brownware work successfully do have logical minds. We could,
when the mood struck us, write a few things about some of the more interesting
jobs. Perhaps some pictures of certain things as well, either embedded in a
word document or even just write a link to something in your webspace. Caveats
and helpful hints etc., when the mood stikes you to write it.
Stuff like that should probably also be posted here, like in a "heads up" or an
"FYI" . I do it, others do too, and it is a good thing. However, if you've
figured out a better method of a certain repair, or choose to include a
screenshot of the symptom, this forum might not be the place. In such a case we
could just post a link here to our online file, and if it's still stored
offline, just put it in one of your shared directories.
As those who've used P2P networks before know, each program has it's own shared
directories. One guy at work is on Overnet, I got Bearshare at home and I used
to use WinMX. For this particular purpose I would recommend using WinMX 3.3
because it has been tested for spyware and there is none. WinMX is not as busy
as it used to be, and we don't need it to be. All these programs run on
gnutella or something which I know very little about, but seperating business
from all the other things you might download is not a bad idea. Other things
like videos etc. can use alot of bandwidth for an unacceptable amount of time,
you can shutdown other P2P programs and get your file fast, and on wire it
would be a must to do this.
I'm willing to setup WinMX on the back PC at the shop and share basically every
IC datasheet I got, and do the same at home. I have about 1˝ years worth of "as
time I needed them" saved and I have everything from mitsubishichips.com and
sony/sel as of about 7 months ago. The "as needed" ones I will need to rename,
because after a bad crash I had to transplant them in DOS, so the long
filenames are FUBAR. The others were chips that were being sold to TV
manufacturers less than a year ago, and their usefulness is limited for now.
These particular datasheets for the most part include in and output circuitry
details and are not stamped "discontinued". I also intend to scan some prints
and when they give an IC pinout, I'll basically save it as a JPG and put it up.
I might even try to scan it along with the section of the schematic. In any
case I would name the file the generic part number of the chip. An equivalent
OEM chip could simply be linked to that file.
If anyone's interested in doing this, don't just go DL the latest version of
whatever, I will make WinMX 3.3 available at my webspace. It is an unobtrusive
program that doesn't run at startup unless you tell it to, and it is small.
Fits on a floppy easily.
What do you think ?
JURB
The idea has been bandied about in a previous thread about sharing PDFs, like
datasheets and schematics. Of course they are not all PDFs. It doesn't much
matter what they are, but as useful information I think using a P2P network to
share some of these files would be mutually beneficial. I wouldn't expect
people to share all their high buck store-boughten schematics. I have found IC
datasheets to be very helpful when troubleshooting without a schematic.
Almost everyone spends some time on a computer researching such things, and
enough of the time it is worth it. To speed the process, a P2P network would
work well. Details, such as naming conventions and preferable file formats do
not need to be hammered out in stone, but most people doing TV and bigscreen
work, or most any brownware work successfully do have logical minds. We could,
when the mood struck us, write a few things about some of the more interesting
jobs. Perhaps some pictures of certain things as well, either embedded in a
word document or even just write a link to something in your webspace. Caveats
and helpful hints etc., when the mood stikes you to write it.
Stuff like that should probably also be posted here, like in a "heads up" or an
"FYI" . I do it, others do too, and it is a good thing. However, if you've
figured out a better method of a certain repair, or choose to include a
screenshot of the symptom, this forum might not be the place. In such a case we
could just post a link here to our online file, and if it's still stored
offline, just put it in one of your shared directories.
As those who've used P2P networks before know, each program has it's own shared
directories. One guy at work is on Overnet, I got Bearshare at home and I used
to use WinMX. For this particular purpose I would recommend using WinMX 3.3
because it has been tested for spyware and there is none. WinMX is not as busy
as it used to be, and we don't need it to be. All these programs run on
gnutella or something which I know very little about, but seperating business
from all the other things you might download is not a bad idea. Other things
like videos etc. can use alot of bandwidth for an unacceptable amount of time,
you can shutdown other P2P programs and get your file fast, and on wire it
would be a must to do this.
I'm willing to setup WinMX on the back PC at the shop and share basically every
IC datasheet I got, and do the same at home. I have about 1˝ years worth of "as
time I needed them" saved and I have everything from mitsubishichips.com and
sony/sel as of about 7 months ago. The "as needed" ones I will need to rename,
because after a bad crash I had to transplant them in DOS, so the long
filenames are FUBAR. The others were chips that were being sold to TV
manufacturers less than a year ago, and their usefulness is limited for now.
These particular datasheets for the most part include in and output circuitry
details and are not stamped "discontinued". I also intend to scan some prints
and when they give an IC pinout, I'll basically save it as a JPG and put it up.
I might even try to scan it along with the section of the schematic. In any
case I would name the file the generic part number of the chip. An equivalent
OEM chip could simply be linked to that file.
If anyone's interested in doing this, don't just go DL the latest version of
whatever, I will make WinMX 3.3 available at my webspace. It is an unobtrusive
program that doesn't run at startup unless you tell it to, and it is small.
Fits on a floppy easily.
What do you think ?
JURB