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Was Don Lancaster really a "guru"?

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SiliconWizard:
Unless we talk about actual sect gurus, calling oneself a "guru" is kind of tongue-in-cheek anyway, as "guru" often bears a slightly negative image. I don't think that someone really full of themselves would really call themselves a guru.

rhb:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on November 07, 2018, 12:54:15 am ---
--- Quote from: rhb on November 07, 2018, 12:37:55 am ---As for calling himself a "guru" (if he ever did)

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His website is called the Guru's Lair
And he claims 1800 articles and 36 books, wow that's a lot of work.
https://www.tinaja.com/glair01.shtml

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I should have registered that.   "Guru" is sort of a null word for old guys like me. I knew some people who were for a time  members of the Divine Light Mission.  I'll let Wikipedia fill in the details for younger readers.

Dave, you have a long way to go to catch up to Don.  But then you're a lot younger, so there is still time.  But you'll have to work at it.

rstofer:

--- Quote from: Gyro on November 06, 2018, 08:38:42 pm ---His books helped a good number of us get started back in the '70s. If you've only just heard of him, you're clearly not one of us.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Lancaster

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That's exactly the point.  At the time he did some outstanding work and he will always be a big player to folks who were there at the time.

He also did a couple of video books: "Cheap Video Cookbook"  and "Son of Check Video Cookbook" in addition to the CMOS, TTL and Active Filter books.  The Cheap Video Cookbook was especially important since we had to use conventional TVs as monitors.

In Vacuo Veritas:

--- Quote from: jpanhalt on November 06, 2018, 08:10:00 pm ---To help us understand that perspective, please give links to your last half dozen or so publications.

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The other day I went to a restaurant. The food was not good so the chef asked me how many meals I cooked.

He sure showed me.

Hint: your "argument" is nonsense

rhb:
You've been ignorantly disparaging someone who was *the* dominant factor for many of us to get started with digital electronics.  I was never a Forrest Mims fan.  But I was, and will always be a big fan of Don.  Don taught us how to work at the limits of the technology of the time under tight cost constraints. Don's books were written to help  hobbyists fulfill their goals 40 years ago.  The "TTL Cookbook" went through six press runs in the first two years.  The "CMOS Cookbook" went through 5 runs in the first 3 years.   The other books were equally popular.  Don's books sold in the millions.

Your first post demonstrated that you had not given any serious attention to Don's work. Why you would want to launch what is basically a personal attack on someone you know nothing about is beyond me.  And also treading very close to deserving being banned.  Were it my decision you would be just for the nasty attitude you have displayed.

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