Art of Electronics (was: BEGINNER getting started)

While I regard Fred Terman as an improatnt figure, and think his books are excellent, I also think that much of 'Radio Engineering' is not _directly_ applicable to computer repair. Sure there's useful information there, but you have to know how to relate it to mdoern circuitry. 'MEasurements in Radio Engineering' is an excellent book too. A lot of that is svery applicable today (certainly in my workshop), but then again, how often do you need to measure indcuatance accurately when fixing a clsssic computer? And while I am sure the resistance measurement methods given there are more accurate than the average chaep DMM, siad DMM will be good enoguh to find the open/shorted resisotr in your C64. So, yes, I am not selling any ofr my Fred Terman books any time soon :-). But I don't think they're what the OP needs at this point. -tony