12 Apr
2009
12 Apr
'09
5:20 a.m.
On Sunday 12 April 2009 01:10:44 am Scanning wrote:
Keith,
If you took the way-back machine to the 1980s, the Holy Grail would have to
be " The Art Of Electronics " by Horowitz & Hill ( ISBN: 0 521 37095 7 ).
It is also a favorite of some others on this list ( like Tony ). I cannot
think of a better single source of technical information. I got mine used
on Amazon for a song.
Best regards, Steven
That one's been on my list for a while, I should check there and see if
there's a relatively inexpensive copy...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith" <keithvz at verizon.net>
Subject: Early 80's electronic/computer design books
> I'm interested to learn the titles of some standard reference books on
> electronic and microcomputer design from the early 1980's. I've been
> reverse engineering many aspects of the Commodore Amiga. While I have a
> decent library of Amiga books, I'd like to expand the collection to
> include the "de facto standard" reference texts of the day --- to give
> me more of an insight into the minds of the designers.
>
> If you could go back, what books would you find on the bookshelves of
> these engineers? If you graduated college or a technical school in
> 1980, what were the popular reference texts used?
>
> Thanks
>
> Keith
One of my "back burner" projects that I hope to get around to one of these
days is a web page featuring a whole bunch of pdf-format "tech books"
including some really early stuff, some of which has gone into the public
domain. I've started to collect a bit of it, but having the time to get it
all organized and categorized and building a web page around it are still in
the future. Sometime not too far off, I hope...
Early 80s is fine, too, if there's electronic versions of that stuff
floating around. :-)
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