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Was Don Lancaster really a "guru"?
rhb:
I have two copies of the TTL Cookbook. The one I bought back in the day and a scavenged copy. I've also got a scavenged copy of the RTL Cookbook. Talk about primitive logic implementations. I hope I never have to fix any of that stuff.
rstofer:
Many of Don Lancaster's books are available at Alibris:
https://www.alibris.com/booksearch?keyword=don+lancaster
I have 'repurchased' several. Darned if I could turn up my original volumes - I have moved several times over the years and everybody knows how that works out.
rhb:
With cheap, high performance MCUs, it's rare to need to use gate level logic, but sometimes you really can't use clocked logic. When you must implement asynchronous logic, Don's books suddenly become very relevant again.
Alex Eisenhut:
--- Quote from: rhb on November 10, 2018, 01:05:54 am ---I have two copies of the TTL Cookbook. The one I bought back in the day and a scavenged copy. I've also got a scavenged copy of the RTL Cookbook. Talk about primitive logic implementations. I hope I never have to fix any of that stuff.
--- End quote ---
Eh? Primitive? Check out the innards of the 6R1 digital plugin. You'll be thrilled with RTL chips instead of discrete transistors at 20V...
http://w140.com/tekwiki/wiki/6R1
--- Quote from: rstofer on November 10, 2018, 01:13:01 am ---Many of Don Lancaster's books are available at Alibris:
https://www.alibris.com/booksearch?keyword=don+lancaster
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Thanks. The Montreal used book scene is very limited these days, all the places I used to haunt are now restaurants, or convenience stores... :(
USPS shipping to Canada is pretty high these days too, 20$ USPS for a 10$ book. :(
james_s:
I've used his TTL Cookbook quite a lot when doing FPGA development. It may not be dealing with individual TTL ICs but the logic is roughly the same. Sometimes too it's just fun to build something the old way, and at times a couple of gates can solve something easily that would be a pain or unnecessary to do in software.
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