My first ASCII art

Daniel

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Jun 12, 2020, 4:46:01 AM6/12/20

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Please peer review my first art. As a background I was seeking help in
repacing a chip on a computer I own. The following is my best effort
rendering of the schematic from the tech reference for the chip in
question.

To
HD44102s
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |-----------------o----------------------} To HD44102s
| | |-----------------o-+----------------------} To HD44102s
| |-----------------o-+-+----------------------} To HD44102s
|-----------------o-+-+-+----------------------} To HD44102s
| | | | o o
| | | | |vvv |
| | | | -++++-+-ooo- -oo-----
_|_|_|_|_|||||_|_||||_|||__
:------| |
o------| M11 HD44103 |--} M12 HD44103
:------|___________________________|

For some reason some of this is multicolored and I don't know why. I
hope it's not ruined after the post.

A snippet of the original.

https://www.omgwtflol.net/nextcloud/index.php/s/HqqwjmmwWTBtdDs

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Daniel
Visit me at: gopher://gcpp.world

Eli the Bearded

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Jun 12, 2020, 5:37:42 PM6/12/20

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In alt.ascii-art, Daniel <m...@sci.fidan.com> wrote:
> Please peer review my first art. As a background I was seeking help in
> repacing a chip on a computer I own. The following is my best effort
> rendering of the schematic from the tech reference for the chip in
> question.

Short answer: you did good.

> To
> HD44102s
> | | | |
> | | | |
> | | | |
> | | | |-----------------o----------------------} To HD44102s
> | | |-----------------o-+----------------------} To HD44102s
> | |-----------------o-+-+----------------------} To HD44102s
> |-----------------o-+-+-+----------------------} To HD44102s
> | | | | o o
> | | | | |vvv |
> | | | | -++++-+-ooo- -oo-----
> _|_|_|_|_|||||_|_||||_|||__
> :------| |
> o------| M11 HD44103 |--} M12 HD44103
> :------|___________________________|

Longer answer, it could be better. Spacing things out a bit more would
probably help. Some corners could be nice looking. Consider this tweek:

To
HD44102s

| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | `-----------------o------------------------ \
| | `-----------------o-+------------------------ \ All To
| `-----------------o-+-+------------------------ / HD44102s
`-----------------o-+-+-+------------------------ /

| | | | o o
| | | | |vvv |
| | | | -++++-+-ooo- -oo-----

._|_|_|_|__|||||_|_||||_|||_.
:------| |
o------| M11 HD44103 |---- } M12 HD44103
:------|___________________________|

^
\ I wonder what's going on with
this pin that doesn't connect.

> For some reason some of this is multicolored and I don't know why. I
> hope it's not ruined after the post.

Not ruined.

Elijah
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very sharp lines meeting at right angles is basically easiest art subject

Computer Nerd Kev

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Jun 12, 2020, 8:55:26 PM6/12/20

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Daniel <m...@sci.fidan.com> wrote:
>
> Please peer review my first art. As a background I was seeking help in
> repacing a chip on a computer I own. The following is my best effort
> rendering of the schematic from the tech reference for the chip in
> question.
>
> To
> HD44102s
> | | | |
> | | | |
> | | | |
> | | | |-----------------o----------------------} To HD44102s
> | | |-----------------o-+----------------------} To HD44102s
> | |-----------------o-+-+----------------------} To HD44102s
> |-----------------o-+-+-+----------------------} To HD44102s
> | | | | o o
> | | | | |vvv |
> | | | | -++++-+-ooo- -oo-----
> _|_|_|_|_|||||_|_||||_|||__
> :------| |
> o------| M11 HD44103 |--} M12 HD44103
> :------|___________________________|
>
> For some reason some of this is multicolored and I don't know why. I
> hope it's not ruined after the post.

That'll be your newsreader thinking that lines starting with "|" are
quoted text. There may be a setting to temporarily disable it, but
either way it won't change what other people see in your posts.

I always use "_" for horizontal lines meeting with "|", though that
might not always be for the best. The suggeestion to use "`" with "-"
is better, but doing it that way would confuse me too much (this
stuff is at the frail edge of my pathetic drawing abilities).

I would have done this sort of thing for the bus, without any real
attempt at asthetics:

|
| | | | |
| | |____________________.__._________|_____o To HD44102s
| | | | |
| |___________________.__.__._________|_____o To HD44102s
| | | | |
|__________________.__.__.__._________|_____o To HD44102s
| | | | |
|___
| -- doesn't connect
to HD44102s

--
__ __
#_ < |\| |< _#

Daniel

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Jun 14, 2020, 5:24:11 AM6/14/20

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n...@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) writes:

> Daniel <m...@sci.fidan.com> wrote:
>>
>> Please peer review my first art. As a background I was seeking help in
>> repacing a chip on a computer I own. The following is my best effort
>> rendering of the schematic from the tech reference for the chip in
>> question.
>>
>> To
>> HD44102s
>> | | | |
>> | | | |
>> | | | |
>> | | | |-----------------o----------------------} To HD44102s
>> | | |-----------------o-+----------------------} To HD44102s
>> | |-----------------o-+-+----------------------} To HD44102s
>> |-----------------o-+-+-+----------------------} To HD44102s
>> | | | | o o
>> | | | | |vvv |
>> | | | | -++++-+-ooo- -oo-----
>> _|_|_|_|_|||||_|_||||_|||__
>> :------| |
>> o------| M11 HD44103 |--} M12 HD44103
>> :------|___________________________|
>>
>> For some reason some of this is multicolored and I don't know why. I
>> hope it's not ruined after the post.
>
> That'll be your newsreader thinking that lines starting with "|" are
> quoted text. There may be a setting to temporarily disable it, but
> either way it won't change what other people see in your posts.

Yeah I'm using emacs|gnus so I'll have to dig out the setting. Thx. It's
annoying for messaging, and fine while coding.

> I always use "_" for horizontal lines meeting with "|", though that
> might not always be for the best. The suggeestion to use "`" with "-"
> is better, but doing it that way would confuse me too much (this
> stuff is at the frail edge of my pathetic drawing abilities).

Okay I'll give it a shot.

> I would have done this sort of thing for the bus, without any real
> attempt at asthetics:
>
> |
> | | | | |
> | | |____________________.__._________|_____o To HD44102s
> | | | | |
> | |___________________.__.__._________|_____o To HD44102s
> | | | | |
> |__________________.__.__.__._________|_____o To HD44102s
> | | | | |
> |___
> | -- doesn't connect
> to HD44102s

To
HD44102s
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |_________________.______________________\
| | |_________________._|_______________________\ To
| |_________________._|_|_______________________/ HD44102s
|_________________._|_|_|______________________/

| | | |
| | | | o o
| | | | |vvv |
| | | | -++++-+-ooo- -oo-----
_|_|_|_|_|||||_|_||||_|||__
:------| |
o------| M11 HD44103 |--} M12 HD44103
:------|___________________________|

How does it look with the suggested changes? I added length of the PCB
tracks, changed the horizontal lines to underscores, added the bracket,
changed the solder points to a period instead of a lowercase 'o.'
Removed the + signs to denote cross tracks on the PCB.

This is morphing into a column in an eMag that I'm writing on the
subject of the Tandy TRS-80 Model 100. It's important that I improve my
ascii art skills. I have to keep the drawings sized so they'll fit on a
80x25 screen.

Daniel

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Jun 14, 2020, 5:25:30 AM6/14/20

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Thanks for your suggestions.

Computer Nerd Kev

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Jun 14, 2020, 8:29:14 PM6/14/20

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Daniel <m...@sci.fidan.com> wrote:
> n...@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) writes:
>> Daniel <m...@sci.fidan.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Please peer review my first art. As a background I was seeking help in
>>> repacing a chip on a computer I own. The following is my best effort
>>> rendering of the schematic from the tech reference for the chip in
>>> question.
>>>
>>> To
>>> HD44102s
>>> | | | |
>>> | | | |
>>> | | | |
>>> | | | |-----------------o----------------------} To HD44102s
>>> | | |-----------------o-+----------------------} To HD44102s
>>> | |-----------------o-+-+----------------------} To HD44102s
>>> |-----------------o-+-+-+----------------------} To HD44102s
>>> | | | | o o
>>> | | | | |vvv |
>>> | | | | -++++-+-ooo- -oo-----
>>> _|_|_|_|_|||||_|_||||_|||__
>>> :------| |
>>> o------| M11 HD44103 |--} M12 HD44103
>>> :------|___________________________|
>>>
>

>> I would have done this sort of thing for the bus, without any real
>> attempt at asthetics:

I somehow got it into my mind that the bus bars were all shorted
together, this is what I meant (and what you interpreted correctly
anyway):

>>
>> |
>> | | | | |
>> | | |____________________.__|_________|_____o To HD44102s
>> | | | | |
>> | |___________________.__|__|_________|_____o To HD44102s
>> | | | | |
>> |__________________.__|__|__|_________|_____o To HD44102s

>> | | | | |
>> |___
>> | -- doesn't connect
>> to HD44102s
>
> To
> HD44102s
> | | | |
> | | | |
> | | | |
> | | | |_________________.______________________\
> | | |_________________._|_______________________\ To
> | |_________________._|_|_______________________/ HD44102s
> |_________________._|_|_|______________________/
> | | | |
> | | | | o o
> | | | | |vvv |
> | | | | -++++-+-ooo- -oo-----
> _|_|_|_|_|||||_|_||||_|||__
> :------| |
> o------| M11 HD44103 |--} M12 HD44103
> :------|___________________________|
>
>
> How does it look with the suggested changes? I added length of the PCB
> tracks, changed the horizontal lines to underscores, added the bracket,
> changed the solder points to a period instead of a lowercase 'o.'
> Removed the + signs to denote cross tracks on the PCB.

The wiring to the chip could be a bit clearer. You left a lot out
from the schematic too, I started adding some of it.

To
HD44102s
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |__________._____________________________\
| | |__________._|______________________________\ To
| |__________._|_|______________________________/ HD44102s
|__________._|_|_|_____________________________/
| | | | VEE VDD
| | | | o o
| | | | | |
| | | | VEE 180R|~||~|18R
| | | | o | || |
| | | | | v v v |_||_|
| | | | | | | | | | ____
| | | | _|_|_|_|__|__._._._ _._.____|150R|_
_|_|_|_|_| | | | |__|__| | | |__| | |__ ~~~~__|__
--------| | ---
| | | ~
| | | | |
*----| |-| M11 HD44103 |--o M12 HD44103
| | | | |
| ____ | |
-|100K|-|_______________________________________|
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I used box-style resistors bacause I haven't had to figure out the
best ways to do American zig-zag resistors myself - I'll leave that
for you to figure out, if zig-zags are preferred.

> This is morphing into a column in an eMag that I'm writing on the
> subject of the Tandy TRS-80 Model 100. It's important that I improve my
> ascii art skills. I have to keep the drawings sized so they'll fit on a
> 80x25 screen.

There is software specifically for drawing ASCII-art schematics. I
Can't remember the name, (might be more than one program, probably
for Windows or DOS). That might be handy if you're doing a lot of it.