> Forgive me for being somewhat cynical, but you don't supose that Forgiven. No worries. No need to apologise. Why would you consider this free engineering in an ulterior motive sort of way? Lots of people ask for this information, thus the proposal to include it in the PICLIST FAQ. Andy went to great lengths to explain contributions should be free of copyright and other restrictions. Most or at least a lot of the Piclist are hobbyists who absolutely love this stuff (like me). Some are students or pretty young who would consider the gift of a 40Gb HDD extremely attractive. Especially people in countries other than the US, whose currency is worth bugger all at the moment. If he were trying to get work done for free, posting it in a public forum would be a damn slow and unreliable way to do it! You think too much! :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Rolf" To: Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [PIC]: Hard Drive Schematic Posted > the reason no one has taken up the contest offer in the past > is that there is a LOT more work to making it happen than > the prize is worth ($150US). > > I really don't think the contest is 'fair'. The entrant has to > use the schematic YOU supply using the exact tools YOU specify. > It sure looks to me like a way to get some free engineering out > of someone. > > Robert > > > Andy Kunz wrote: > > > > The schematic is up there now. > > > > http://www.montanadesign.com/contest.html > > > > Andy > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body