From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_FONT_LOW_CONTRAST,HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_32,HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 28153 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2021 14:15:50 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 6 Dec 2021 14:15:50 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C2B399CEE0; Tue, 7 Dec 2021 00:15:48 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F2209CED2; Tue, 7 Dec 2021 00:15:04 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccc.com header.i=@ccc.com header.b="CTA69Mzw"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8D0EF9CD7B; Tue, 7 Dec 2021 00:12:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qv1-f49.google.com (mail-qv1-f49.google.com [209.85.219.49]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F2F059CD6D for ; Tue, 7 Dec 2021 00:12:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qv1-f49.google.com with SMTP id i13so9955490qvm.1 for ; Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:12:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=kFeVXT9B38+tkWSxQ6NfmQDHM41S4sYUKfvhkY4NYXc=; b=CTA69Mzwa2P6DXGMC5bgyNBG2qkAaRKe9wVIaMKM2WYg9KvCTbT6X4dRXMwyQ+zxKP MsFqhcPL/btKpCqrtY1MYpZAYwnvvVJpovoK4ORSRoXG5GhZrp9QA6J4qNkuqIxnSEpk X1mY7Plk64AYZnN3fXYoiahBvzelZo8zPlm1g= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=kFeVXT9B38+tkWSxQ6NfmQDHM41S4sYUKfvhkY4NYXc=; b=4T/2dB3ZJr/nVkGBcFFF8Hbmpga3kZir786y2uw8NnWIv4Wi1ljYU9kiqHbMePAD6L FQeDzwrO2rxJgl2y/vZHaTBudGIakqnGHowpxsGHR1DPln8EgEX5gnPOXjefxaCp7HNS YbFn9lh16DUaZv2N+7+NeupLhkrYz+V8X5mOZm7/2PIFmjX7UGaGEnznf4x5u4tj9pDn +tBcYH445DdjrdgvodmrE3XbyGxNwWEf232vvmdcxmKh0V4BxRjf2Y2LQwK4h/t8rxLy MeKmA1a5stPOhP8YdhzAnijxmSL9SiUWL93Up0YiwKLQbyjG4hxRwCh1Dnx8SEMSvFev iFHA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530s9aOWXmMf50PEjjRNYDz21E6qn8l7w1aBFI8PLTsen878uYeQ 8Q6t7p2pQlB5gc4FhaW6g0uY6df8wroYGHh3/uJjEQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJz58oyXMMK2iFQLjKSA4qChZ8OCrbKKwE3Uyg8JFdiWjrAvoLWj9buZN2EbC/grcNHhDak059W3Nb751w9gn9c= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6214:2589:: with SMTP id fq9mr38037444qvb.38.1638799932733; Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:12:12 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Clem Cole Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 09:11:46 -0500 Message-ID: To: Adam Thornton Subject: Re: [COFF] [TUHS] Book Recommendation X-BeenThere: coff@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: Computer Old Farts Forum List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society , Computer Old Farts Followers , Douglas McIlroy Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============3543025269072644803==" Errors-To: coff-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "COFF" --===============3543025269072644803== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000d94f1005d27ad7b7" --000000000000d94f1005d27ad7b7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Adam - first thank you. Pleased to know he's still kicking around. On Sun, Dec 5, 2021 at 11:26 PM Adam Thornton wrote: > I don't think Don ever had a lot of crossover with the more academic worl= d > of Unix people, but he's one of my heroes and I have learned a hell of a > lot from his works. > Not true at all. If you grew up as EE, in the late 1960s/early 1970s it was hard to not know about him since he was so prolific. FWIW, before I went to CMU, he was already a hero and I had a number of books from the late 1960's. When I was freshman in the early 1970s, his TTL Cookbook was an optional text for the intro to EE course [I already had it but a number of my mates had never seen it before]. His CMOS Cookbox was not published yet, but when it was, I bought it. Side story, I want to say about 1969/70, after reading one of his articles in Radio-Electronics I sent him a (US snail mail) letter asking him for help in designing an RF interface to a TV. He replied to me but told me such a design would be illegal to make as it would run afoul of FCC rules. I wish I had kept that letter, but he reversed himself a few years later with his TV Typewriter and Son of Video books. My guess is he had been researching the idea for one of the magazines when I contacted him, and must have gotten a ruling from legal counsel about publishing the same. I always wondered what made him change his mind a few years later. Since he seems to publish an email, I think I'll have to write him and ask that way to see if he responds. Clem =E1=90=A7 --000000000000d94f1005d27ad7b7 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Adam - first t= hank you.=C2=A0 Pleased to know he's still kicking around.
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= On Sun, Dec 5, 2021 at 11:26 PM Adam Thornton <<= a href=3D"mailto:athornton@gmail.com">athornton@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't think Don ever h= ad a lot of crossover with the more academic world of Unix people, but he&#= 39;s one of my heroes and I have learned a hell of a lot from his works.
Not true at all.=C2= =A0 If you grew up as EE, in the late 1960s/early 1970s it was hard to not = know about him since he was so prolific.=C2=A0 FWIW, before I went to CMU, = he was already a hero and I had a number of books from the late 1960's.= =C2=A0 =C2=A0When I was freshman in the early 1970s, his TTL Cookbook was a= n optional text for the intro to EE course [I already had it but a number o= f my=C2=A0mates had never seen it before].=C2=A0 His CMOS Cookbox was not p= ublished yet, but when it was, I bought it.

Side story, I want to s= ay about 1969/70, after reading one of his articles in Radio-Electronics I = sent him a (US snail mail) letter asking him for help in designing an RF in= terface to a TV.=C2=A0 He replied to me but told me such a design would be = illegal to make as it would=C2=A0run afoul of FCC rules.=C2=A0 I wish I had= kept that letter, but he reversed himself a few years later with his TV Ty= pewriter and Son of Video books.=C2=A0 My guess is he had been researching = the idea for one of the magazines when I contacted him, and must have gotte= n a ruling from legal counsel about publishing the same.=C2=A0 =C2=A0I alwa= ys wondered what made him change his mind a few years later.=C2=A0 Since he= seems to publish an email, I think I'll have to write him and ask that= way to see if he responds.

Clem


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