25 Apr
2009
25 Apr
'09
12:45 p.m.
The first three volumes of the Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar books are now
available for online viewing (but not downloading) at Google Books.
These books collect Steve Ciarcia's 70s/80s Byte columns - lots of
interesting stuff.
Links here: http://www.circuitcellar.com/newsletter/0409.html
I have no relation to these scans but thought I'd pass the link along
since these books come up now and then on the list and have lots of
classiccmp-relevant content.
-- Adam
25 Apr
25 Apr
4:08 p.m.
The first three volumes of the Ciarcia's Circuit
Cellar books are now
available for online viewing (but not downloading) at Google Books.
These books collect Steve Ciarcia's 70s/80s Byte columns - lots of
interesting stuff.
There is a downloadable version at
http://www.4shared.com/dir/14813159/7e7c16f9/sharing.html
I'd like to be advised about the legality of sharing this link. Steve is
still alive and is a great author, but the books are long out of print.
Seems grayish area to me, but since they are avaiable on google books, why
not in PDF?
4:49 p.m.
On Apr 25, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Alexandre Souza wrote:
A friend of mine, Bill Bradford, had to get permission to scan and
release a PDF of one of Steve's other books (Build Your Own Z80
Computer, a fantastic book) and it took quite a while. I believe
Andrew Lynch worked with him on that project.
I'd say it's not a gray area at all; it can't be shared without
permission.
That said, those books aren't difficult to find; they show up on
eBay with some frequency. They are worth their weight in gold. I've
had the first two volumes since I was a kid, and gradually got the
rest of them over a couple of years as they were released. I cherish
those books.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
The first
three volumes of the Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar books are now
available for online viewing (but not downloading) at Google Books.
These books collect Steve Ciarcia's 70s/80s Byte columns - lots of
interesting stuff.
There is a downloadable version at
http://www.4shared.com/dir/14813159/7e7c16f9/sharing.html
I'd like to be advised about the legality of sharing this link.
Steve is still alive and is a great author, but the books are long
out of print. Seems grayish area to me, but since they are avaiable
on google books, why not in PDF?
8:24 p.m.
I'd say it's not a gray area at all; it
can't be shared without
permission.
Sorry :o( The scans weren't mine, but now I feel guilty sharing this
"discovery", although a nice google seek would find this address anyway :oP
That said, those books aren't difficult to find;
they show up on
eBay with some frequency. They are worth their weight in gold. I've
had the first two volumes since I was a kid, and gradually got the
rest of them over a couple of years as they were released. I cherish
those books.
I do love what Steve writes. I took a day to read these three books, and
I'd love to buy the originals. I had the brazilian edition of "build your
own computer" and I'm very sad I sold it years ago. It is a very interesting
book!
Alexandre, PU1BZZ
8:40 p.m.
On Apr 25, 2009, at 4:24 PM, Alexandre Souza wrote:
Hey, I downloaded them before I mentioned it. ;) I have the paper
copies, but the PDFs will be nice to have, say, on airplane trips.
Yes, I love that book. The concepts it teaches are still solid
and applicable today, and even the examples are workable with parts
you can easily find today if you substitute more modern components.
(i.e., 62256s for 2114s)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
I'd say
it's not a gray area at all; it can't be shared without
permission.
Sorry :o( The scans weren't mine, but now I feel guilty sharing
this "discovery", although a nice google seek would find this
address anyway :oP That said,
those books aren't difficult to find; they show up on
eBay with some frequency. They are worth their weight in gold. I've
had the first two volumes since I was a kid, and gradually got the
rest of them over a couple of years as they were released. I cherish
those books.
I do love what Steve writes. I took a day to read these three
books, and I'd love to buy the originals. I had the brazilian
edition of "build your own computer" and I'm very sad I sold it
years ago. It is a very interesting book! 
5:20 p.m.
We'll see what Steve has to say about it. I think he has those books for sale,
doesn't he?
I used to have my secretary xerox his columns (no, I didn't cut out of my Byte
magazines, though that collection has long since been deep-sixed) but I don't know
whether I still have those copies - probably "somewhere" but I'll be damned
if I know where that "somewhere" is.
I've built a number of Steve's projects. In my workshop a few days ago I saw his
EEG project waiting to be revived.
But there is so much to do....
Vern Wright
--- On Sat, 4/25/09, Alexandre Souza <alexandre-listas at e-secure.com.br> wrote:
From: Alexandre Souza <alexandre-listas at
e-secure.com.br>
Subject: Re: Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 9:08 AM
The first three volumes of the Ciarcia's
Circuit
Cellar books are now
available for online viewing (but not
downloading) at
Google Books.
These books collect Steve Ciarcia's 70s/80s
Byte
columns - lots of
interesting stuff.
There is a downloadable version at
http://www.4shared.com/dir/14813159/7e7c16f9/sharing.html
I'd like to be advised about the legality of sharing
this link. Steve is still alive and is a great author, but
the books are long out of print. Seems grayish area to me,
but since they are avaiable on google books, why not in PDF?
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