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From: Dan Halbert <halbert@halwitz.org>
To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Book Recommendation
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2021 23:42:07 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <261e2007-a199-b436-f881-8a5f821f86ba@halwitz.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP2nic1Vu4Wq-Ptqcat7CthdAYRmWXzidARSk_mNbjXQMvxLQQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 12/5/21 11:25 PM, Adam Thornton wrote:
> I wonder how many of you don't know about Don Lancaster.
>
> Pioneer in home computing back when that meant something, inventor of 
> a very low cost 1970s video terminal (the TV Typewriter), tremendously 
> skilled hacker, brilliant guy.
>

In 1970, in eighth grade, I learned digital logic from his "RTL 
Cookbook" and the SWTPC Digital Logic Microlab, from Popular 
Electronics: https://www.tinaja.com/glib/microlab.pdf, both of which I 
still have.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-12-06  4:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-03  2:50 Douglas McIlroy
2021-12-06  4:25 ` Adam Thornton
2021-12-06  4:42   ` Dan Halbert [this message]
2021-12-06  5:18     ` Charles H. Sauer
2021-12-06 14:11   ` [TUHS] [COFF] " Clem Cole
2021-12-06 14:22     ` Dan Cross
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2021-11-24 15:50 [TUHS] " Norman Wilson
2021-11-16 19:49 Douglas McIlroy
2021-11-16 20:02 ` Dan Cross
2021-11-16 23:16   ` Douglas McIlroy
2021-11-16 17:00 Douglas McIlroy
     [not found] ` <CAKH6PiXinxBQGRqoeGMcG9CwTA5BNeU-LY164f-ZLYA4obsyuA@mail.g mail.com>
2021-11-16 18:47   ` John Foust via TUHS
2021-11-16 20:35 ` Bakul Shah
2021-12-02 21:35 ` Duncan Mak
2021-12-02 22:32   ` Bakul Shah
2021-12-02 22:34   ` Rob Pike
2021-11-16 14:57 Douglas McIlroy
2021-11-16 15:22 ` Richard Salz
2021-11-16 15:52 ` Ron Natalie
2021-11-23  2:28 ` Mary Ann Horton
2021-11-23  7:57   ` Henry Bent
2021-11-23  8:10     ` arnold
2021-11-23  8:28       ` Henry Bent
2021-11-23 17:26     ` Adam Thornton
2021-11-23 18:54       ` Ron Natalie
2021-11-23 19:04         ` Al Kossow
2021-11-23 19:39           ` Lawrence Stewart
2021-11-23 19:08       ` Ron Natalie
2021-11-23 21:54   ` Thomas Paulsen
2021-11-24 15:18     ` Richard Salz
2021-11-24 15:45       ` Larry McVoy
2021-11-24 18:34       ` Rich Morin
2021-11-24 18:40         ` Larry McVoy
2021-11-24 19:39           ` Clem Cole
2021-11-24 20:02             ` Larry McVoy
2021-11-25 10:26           ` Tom Ivar Helbekkmo via TUHS
2021-11-24 20:13       ` arnold
2021-11-24 20:18         ` Will Senn
2021-11-25  7:22         ` arnold
2021-11-24 20:15       ` Rob Pike
2021-11-24 20:21         ` joe mcguckin
2021-11-24 20:27         ` Rob Pike
2021-11-24 21:27           ` Richard Salz
2021-11-24 22:19       ` Charles Anthony
2021-11-16  3:16 Douglas McIlroy
2021-11-16  4:08 ` G. Branden Robinson
2021-11-16 14:56   ` Clem Cole
2021-11-16 15:37     ` Richard Salz
2021-11-16 15:50       ` Adam Thornton
2021-11-16 17:02     ` Will Senn
2021-11-16 21:38       ` John Cowan
2021-11-16 21:46         ` Will Senn
2021-11-16 18:27     ` Jon Steinhart
2021-11-16 18:44       ` Heinz Lycklama
2021-11-14 14:37 Clem Cole
2021-11-14 14:55 ` Dennis Boone
2021-11-14 16:35   ` Ralph Corderoy
2021-11-14 18:20     ` Larry McVoy
2021-11-14 18:44     ` Clem Cole
2021-11-14 18:52       ` Ralph Corderoy
2021-11-14 19:27         ` Clem Cole
2021-11-15  9:49           ` Ralph Corderoy

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