Support for UT

[Soeren Tiedemann <tiedema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My best wishes to you all,

Thank you Lloyd, yes, " JEFF, WE NEED YOU, the world would be so sad
without your war stories and your intellectual power.! "

I think Lloyd's list of things to recognize or think about is mostly
complete. Everyone can build his own opinion. Let's communicate and work
together.

Mark Tillotson wrote:

> I would like to second the motion that we interested parties
> on the MISC list get more involved.  I also do not have much
> money to contribute to the effort, but I would be very willing
> to spend time and creative energy in a collaborative venture.
> I am a mechanical designer and amateur programmer with z80
> assembler and forth skills.  I also have many friends at the
> company I work for whom I may be able to talk into
> contributing in some way (http://www.ctf.com).  One tool which
> I have access to is an electron microscope which might be
> useful in verifying a chips physical characteristics. Another
> is a CNC mill for making prototype cases, robotic parts etc.
> Others on this list probably have their own special skills and
> abilities, which they could bring to this project.  Why don't
> we all try to list these so that Jeff and others will know
> what resources they can call on?  If Jeff can find ways in
> which we can all work together, we may yet find a way of
> making his F21 dream a reality.

That's the point! We have to find a way to coordinate. 
Myron Plichota's mail is great and his effort is a very concrete step
forward. I additionally agree with the opinion of many people that
there is a need software-tools. But as Lloyd said, we only can offer our
help, Jeff has to coordinate especially because we don't know really if
the whole could lead to interferences with iTVc.
And I absolutely agree that JEFF needs help not only the PROJECT.

There are very good people in this mailing list, I'm sure many are much
better in their fields than I and if we are really interested it would be
very sad not to achieve something. 

First and most important thing is to show Jeff that we need him as a
human beeing and that we are on his side to help him to stabilize in his
life.

Because we all know that F21 is part of his life not to say IS his life
for the last years we should think about certain steps:
 
The first one is done, our hardware specialists are trying to find a
way to completely test the F21d prototype or to contribute necessary
materials. Alltogether we can try to solve the problem how to finance a
next fab-run. It seems to me that it is necessary. Meanwhile all of our
software developers can build a list of needed tools to have a chance to
to demonstrate the power of F21. All of us can participate in this field.
 
Everyone who wishes to help will have some costs, but much fun and perhaps
new connections to explore.

Where can I get a T-Shirt from ???

Soeren <tiedema@mail.uni-freiburg.de>