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| rhb:
Now you have some inkling of why when the "Was Don Lancaster Really A Guru" thread appeared I was ROFL. His Active Filter CB, TTL CB and CMOS CB were his major works. But with the (according to Dave) 32 others he wrote, I'd say its a safe bet he sold close to 10 million books in total. Quite possibly more. If that is is not superstar status for a tech writer, I don't know what is. Realistically only 3-5% of the population has the interest and motivation for STEM. And as a society, that's all we need. The same thing applies to the skilled trades and other professions. In the 70's and 80's if you did not have several Don Lancaster books you simply were not STEM material. You have really got to know the subject to write that well on complex topics. BTW What printing are your copies? I have a very worn 2nd printing of the TTL CB which I bought and a near new 3rd printing which I scavenged at work. Both of mine are the original green cover. |
| 0culus:
--- Quote from: rhb on December 05, 2018, 02:35:15 am ---Now you have some inkling of why when the "Was Don Lancaster Really A Guru" thread appeared I was ROFL. His Active Filter CB, TTL CB and CMOS CB were his major works. But with the (according to Dave) 32 others he wrote, I'd say its a safe bet he sold close to 10 million books in total. Quite possibly more. If that is is not superstar status for a tech writer, I don't know what is. Realistically only 3-5% of the population has the interest and motivation for STEM. And as a society, that's all we need. The same thing applies to the skilled trades and other professions. In the 70's and 80's if you did not have several Don Lancaster books you simply were not STEM material. You have really got to know the subject to write that well on complex topics. BTW What printing are your copies? I have a very worn 2nd printing of the TTL CB which I bought and a near new 3rd printing which I scavenged at work. Both of mine are the original green cover. --- End quote --- I'm not entirely sure...the TTL cookbook has a blurb in the cover about how to read the printing code, but I can't find the code! The CMOS book says "transferred to digital printing in 2010". |
| JoeO:
--- Quote from: 0culus on December 05, 2018, 06:48:01 am --- --- Quote from: rhb on December 05, 2018, 02:35:15 am ---Now you have some inkling of why when the "Was Don Lancaster Really A Guru" thread appeared I was ROFL. His Active Filter CB, TTL CB and CMOS CB were his major works. But with the (according to Dave) 32 others he wrote, I'd say its a safe bet he sold close to 10 million books in total. Quite possibly more. If that is is not superstar status for a tech writer, I don't know what is. Realistically only 3-5% of the population has the interest and motivation for STEM. And as a society, that's all we need. The same thing applies to the skilled trades and other professions. In the 70's and 80's if you did not have several Don Lancaster books you simply were not STEM material. You have really got to know the subject to write that well on complex topics. BTW What printing are your copies? I have a very worn 2nd printing of the TTL CB which I bought and a near new 3rd printing which I scavenged at work. Both of mine are the original green cover. --- End quote --- I'm not entirely sure...the TTL cookbook has a blurb in the cover about how to read the printing code, but I can't find the code! The CMOS book says "transferred to digital printing in 2010". --- End quote --- You make no sense. "in the cover" you wrote? Where exactly is that? What version TTL book are you referring to? You are either a troll or someone with a room temperature IQ. |
| 0culus:
--- Quote from: JoeO on December 05, 2018, 12:44:02 pm --- --- Quote from: 0culus on December 05, 2018, 06:48:01 am --- --- Quote from: rhb on December 05, 2018, 02:35:15 am ---Now you have some inkling of why when the "Was Don Lancaster Really A Guru" thread appeared I was ROFL. His Active Filter CB, TTL CB and CMOS CB were his major works. But with the (according to Dave) 32 others he wrote, I'd say its a safe bet he sold close to 10 million books in total. Quite possibly more. If that is is not superstar status for a tech writer, I don't know what is. Realistically only 3-5% of the population has the interest and motivation for STEM. And as a society, that's all we need. The same thing applies to the skilled trades and other professions. In the 70's and 80's if you did not have several Don Lancaster books you simply were not STEM material. You have really got to know the subject to write that well on complex topics. BTW What printing are your copies? I have a very worn 2nd printing of the TTL CB which I bought and a near new 3rd printing which I scavenged at work. Both of mine are the original green cover. --- End quote --- I'm not entirely sure...the TTL cookbook has a blurb in the cover about how to read the printing code, but I can't find the code! The CMOS book says "transferred to digital printing in 2010". --- End quote --- You make no sense. "in the cover" you wrote? Where exactly is that? What version TTL book are you referring to? You are either a troll or someone with a room temperature IQ. --- End quote --- Love you too, mate. <3 It takes one to know one, as they say. :-DD |
| rhb:
@JoeO Perhaps you should make sure you understand what people are talking about before commenting. And introducing yourself by insulting people won't get you very far around here. At best you will be ignored. And people do get banned for bad behavior. This is Dave's establishment. You should read the rules. My copy of the CMOS CookBook is a 5th printing from 1980. The book was copyrighted in 1977. So based on the 2010 date at a minimum it was still being sold 33 years later. That's really quite astonishing for a book on device level electronics technology. And a very strong testimony to the quality of Don's writing. BTW typical printing code now is a list of integers from 1 to N and the first integer in the list is the printing. It appears on the copyright page. |
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