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I am frustrated not by ebayish per se, but by the absurd ebayish.
All this ebayish *will* abate. It has come and gone in the past and will in the future.
One thing to also bear in mind is that many many many great stuff has been written here over the years, but over time, many old timers vanish. They've said all there was for them to say on the subject. And so lulls in "high quality content" are bound to occur.
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Those are good insights, Bill.
I've been a participant for almost five years now, and have noticed the departure of some contributors when I review posts from several archives ago. I believe that many (if not most) of us are in our 40's -- those who can remember and appreciate the excellent products of yesteryear, which lose recognition with each passing year.
For my own part, I've contributed original "short essays" about RPL and the HP-33S; I've investigated the bugs in the HP-33S, and illustrated the attention to detail in the HP-15C. I've prepared a MoHPC Article about SOLVE and INTEG, and have posted four versions of a practical AC power transfer program for the HP-32S/32SII/33S to the MoHPC Software Library.
Most of my posts have involved answering people's questions, as I own most of the models for which questions arise, and do have a propensity for analyzing things...
Quite frankly, though, I've already "sounded off" on most of the topics I care about enough to initiate new discussion in the Forum. I suspect that my primary future contributions of writing will involve explanatory material about the discontinued Pioneer series, which really now ought to have its own section in the MoHPC main pages.
I do have one other concept: Discussion of engineering methods utilized for the HP-15C to develop functional specifications and user documentation, and the testing. I never cease to be amazed at the quality and thoroughness of every aspect of the HP-15C. If I'm able to produce insightful research, it should result in a Datafile article. Won't be soon, though...
-- KS
Edited: 3 Jan 2007, 9:43 p.m.