A number of years ago, when the Workshop first started, there was considerable
discussion on this list of the differences. Chris Abbott looked over both
specs, indicated they really accomplished about the same things. He even
proposed a method that would allow an interface module to connect both
standards.
In truth, the S-Mod groups normally set up independently anyway. Each group has
evolved some specific "features" which make integrating with other groups or
individual modules difficult. At major conventions nobody assumes the role of
coordinating modules that Don Thompson or Don DeWitt used to tackle. There is
good reason for that fact, ask Don. The most recent effort to update the module
specs (with it's own Yahoo group) spawned a couple of new modules but bogged
down over a change from the old Cinch-Jones connectors (increasingly hard to
find) to newer "power pole" connectors as well as over DCC standardization.
The result is that the Workshop is no more or less inclusive than any of the
"S-Mod" clubs.
Pieter E. Roos
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