[Diy_efi] Megasquirt

[Dan]

Well, its good to see the list is near on back to its old self (the days of ION 
sensing) and the people for/against those deciding to develop and flog it.
For those that remember the old days, and those thar even pitched in a few $$ to 
keep the server running and help Steve R, these comments are all water of a 
ducks back. I provided schematic reviews of the MS in the old days, so should I 
claim my share of the loot. Honestly, I couldn't give a hoot, I'm happy someone 
has developed a system that will compete with the OEM's, Motec, even Haltec 
(only because of cost for Motec and Haltec).
I started doing a MS in the early days when everything was FREELY available. Go 
back through the archives, pcb layer plots and all, including sample code for 
any softies to develop their own application was readily available (and probably 
still is).
In the end (not being a software person, hate it like the plague). I just bought 
a Wolf system as it was more mature at the stage and a lot cheaper than Haltec.

In the end, why does the code for MS have to be available for others to compile, 
what is the benefit ? As long as you can easily alter tables and parameters, 
then who cares ( I for one wouldn't like to change the code and end up with a 
rod through the block). This is more than you can easily do on a OEM system, 
unless someone has already done all the hacking for table and parameter 
locations for you.

I'm just going back inside now as its way too damn hot outside. Maybe the list 
members could use their built up anger to do a bit of a rain dance for those of 
us in Western Australia.

Dan


      
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