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Message #09326
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "David Perry" davidperry@geocities.com
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 19:17:50 -0800
Subject: Re: Pertaining to the Hextile things. You should really make them
> okay let me make one of my goals clearer -
> I want to see the NV net visually - when i build a NV with a 74hc14,
> although on paper it has some order, on the breadboard it is a mess. I
can't
> see what is happening and i can't visualise how its working.
>
> By making DIP circuits, sure, they're the most expandable, you can create
> any shape. But you can't get an idea of the actual shape of the NV net,
all
> the chips are in a row. So in other words this doesn't accomplish what i'm
> looking for.
>
> By making them hextiles or some other configuration i want to be able to
> link them into an actual ring, and see the shape of the NV net. (which is
> why it is so hard for me to come up with a decent connector design).
>
> I definitely want to have the DIP chip intergrated, a little like a basic
> stamp (i would use a socket though) but i want to make a visual shape, not
> one on paper.
>
> okay i think i've straightened out my view,
>
> what do you think?
>
> David
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