It is called feedback - directly given but fair and polite. Delays, filtering, non-linearities, distortion, etc reduce its effectiveness.
Martin PS I shall omit, as unnecessary, a discourse on the benefits of feedback -----Original Message----- From: Tom Hunter via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: 12 June 2023 07:08 To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Cc: Tom Hunter <ccth6...@gmail.com> Subject: [cctalk] Re: Greaseweazle part 2 Is it really necessary to be always so confrontational? It is unpleasant. On Sun, 11 June 2023, 10:44 pm Tony Duell via cctalk, <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Fundamentally, it seems to me that they're all the same basic > > hardware, timing intervals between flux transitions. > > > > So other than the soaftware, what's the difference? > > I could make a stupid comment and ask 'what's the difference between a > PDP8, PDP11, PERQ or HP9830?'. Apart from having finite memory, all > are (I believe) equivalent to a Turing machine. > > But more seriously when I started asking about writing images to > floppy disks, I asked what options were available and what I'd need. > Apart from the (IMHO) stupid suggestion of a 1990's PC compatible, the > only thing that was mentioned to me was the Greaseweazle. Nobody > pointed me at web sites giving comparisons between the various methods > and devices. > > -tony >
