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Sad, because a couple decades ago, complete schematics were all too common and included with every electric product sold.
by netr0ute 4y ago
Sad, because a couple decades ago, complete schematics were all too common and included with every electric product sold.
- Alupis 4y agoThis isn't a toaster or anything. A few decades ago nearly all but the most complicated devices could have their entire schematic printed in the last few pages of the owner's manual. Today... a typical PC mainboard schematic might be hundreds or thousands of pages dealing with all sorts of complications for RF and stuff. What would 99.999% of people do with such a schematic?
- netr0ute 4y agoIronic, because it's gotten easier than ever to include such big files, either on a USB drive or preloaded onto the SSD.
- userbinator 4y agoToday... a typical PC mainboard schematic might be hundreds or thousands of pages Go find one and take a look. Seriously, they're out there. Google an OEM name followed by "schematic" (quoted, because otherwise anti-repair Google will misdirect you to owner's manuals and other shit) and start reading. I'll challenge you to find one that's over 100 pages, because I personally haven't seen one. They're closer to 50-70.
- colejohnson66 4y agoProject Olympus[0] from OpenCompute is 238 pages for the Intel XSP version. [0]: https://www.opencompute.org/wiki/Server/ProjectOlympus https://www.opencompute.org/wiki/Server/ProjectOlympus
- stormbrew 4y agoMaybe more than a couple decades ago? I haven't seen a computer that included schematics since my dad's Tandy 3000 from the mid-80s. And even in the 80s the TVs and VCRs we had were covered in "don't try to repair this yourself" warnings and I really doubt included schematics.