27 Apr
2003
27 Apr
'03
7:55 a.m.
At 12:00 PM 4/27/03 -0400, Mike wrote:
No way. "Individual Learning Program in Microprocessors" is everybit as
good as PM. PM concentrates more on troubleshooting and Heath presents more
on interfacing...
sheesh, Every other microprocessor book that I pick up has interfacing information.
The PM includes stuff like how to use Logic Analyzers, logic probes, logic pulsers,
current tracers, signature analyis that's seldom covered elsewhere. I guess which one
is best depends on wheather you want to design computers or fix them!
Joe
Tried selling them on ebay that is... I reserved it at $90 and it didn't
reach there twice. I paid a high price for my first 5036a in my early day
on ebay but that was because I had found 'Practical Microprocessors' a few
years earlier and grew tired of opening suitcases at fleas & thrifts. Then
I bought 5 more of the trainers later on ebay. I think I first traded two
to Joe for a DEC WT/78, then another two trainers for a PDP 11/05. Then
when Joe was throwing stuff out, I got a few of the trainers back too. ;)
So you should still have some hiding around Joe.
I do have a couple left but I'm not parting with them :-) That's why I decided
to put in a plug for your auctions. You're right, they're worth a lot more than
$90! I sold a couple on E-bay for ~$130 and if you're selling the ones that you got
from me they've all been cleaned, tested and repaired including replacing the missing
power cords with original HP cords, replacing all the missing straps so that they'll
stand up like an A-frame, replaced the broken snap fasteners, etc. And they included all
the manuals (or at least NEW copies of them).
I think I still have loose leaf copies of ALL of the 5036 manuals, including
the SM, Practical Microprocessors and User's (Owner's?) manual. I'll *loan*
them anyone that is willing to scan them and post them on a website
somewhere. I also still have a copy of the webpage that I used to have for
the 5036. I intended to post it and a lot of other HP related web pages on
Jay's wesite but I ran into too many problems with his site (it wouldn't
work with any of the FTP programs that I had, the directories couldn't be
found, the passwords didn't work, etc) so none of them ever got posted.
Yeap, and it's a lot easier to work with and more reliable than the cheap sockets
and jumper wires that HK uses. If I want to use the HK style breadboard, I can jumpered
from a plug over to a full size breadboard.
>I would rate the book "Practical
Microprocessors" together with an HP
5036A
>as a 10 on a scale of 1 to 10. I also have
the Heath ET-3400A, an
ETA-3400
>(memory & I/O) expansion,
sheesh! There's a breadboard there for god's sake... and the
Heath manuals. I would rate that as
perhaps a 6 or 7 on the same scale.