( ESNUG 300 Item 1 ) ---------------------------------------------- [10/7/98]

Subject: ( ESNUG 299 #2 )  Crappy Chip Express Documentation Cost Us

> Chip Express is, IMHO, composed of rank amateurs and completely
> mis-documented their vector format.  Now we need to spin another 2 days
> worth of effort to fix our test bench to re-generate the vectors in a
> completely different mode than what they originally told us.  Arrgh.
> Probably don't want to post this w/ my name on it, but I figured you'd be
> interested.  I will make damn sure that my company never uses them again.
>
>   - [ "FedEx, They Ain't." ]


From: "Keith Klingler" <keith_klingler@truevision.com>

John,

I recently did a design with Chip Express for which the design handoff was
very smooth. I had no problem with the test vectors.  Perhaps ["FedEx, They
Ain't"] could give a few details about what was mis-documented.  This
information may prove useful to those who, like me, plan use Chip Express in
the future, notwithstanding the humble opinion of ["FedEx, They Ain't"].

  - Keith Klingler
    Truevision, Inc.