RE: 8008 book identificationYes, this is it. Another list member had sent me an email
identifying it... so far I have not been able to locate a copy, but I'm trying....
I must have had the 1st edition, as I don't recall anything about the 8080.
Thanks!
----- Original Message -----
From: Arlen Michaels
To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org'
Cc: 'Jim Kearney'
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 10:48 AM
Subject: RE: 8008 book identification
Could you be referring to "Microcomputer Design" by Donald P Martin and
published by his company, Martin Research in Northbrook, Illinois? It has a black cover
with a photograph on the front of integrated circuits lit from below. A large format
squarish paperback about an inch thick. I don't see an ISBN listed, but the Library
of Congress Catalog number is given as 76-1530.
It is full of practical application advice about the 8008, and includes stuff about the
"new" 8080 too. The last chapter describes various "minimal
microcomputer" circuits and Martin's own product line of Modular Micros such as
the MIKE models 3 and 4.
I have the 2nd edition published in 1976, and it is a treasure.
Arlen Michaels
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Kearney [SMTP:jim@jkearney.com]
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 11:53 AM
To: classiccmp
Subject: 8008 book identification
Forgive me if this is common knowledge, but I haven't been able to dig up any
information with a search engine, probably due to my very vague search terms...
Around 1974-6 I had a book that covered 8008 system design, in a kind of cookbook
fashion. I'm thinking it might have been published by Ohio Scientific, but that's
far from reliable. As I recall, the cover was black and it was relatively thick. I built
a 8008 system using it (wire wrapped, with 256 bytes of RAM), but book and computer have
both vanished since then. I'd like to find another copy for nostalgia's sake.
Does anyone have any clues?