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_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 29316 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2021 14:25:10 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 6 Dec 2021 14:25:10 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4221E9CF50; Tue, 7 Dec 2021 00:25:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED2039CD7B; Tue, 7 Dec 2021 00:22:44 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="qQa1Y0La"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E274F9CD84; Tue, 7 Dec 2021 00:22:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-oi1-f177.google.com (mail-oi1-f177.google.com [209.85.167.177]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6A0239CD6D for ; Tue, 7 Dec 2021 00:22:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-oi1-f177.google.com with SMTP id t23so21774529oiw.3 for ; Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:22:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=9/UnAzMGm85I/jMjYR4IRM/yn6oyoLv/m6ZB1+gOw44=; b=qQa1Y0Lap/FVF/9YFHgh8Ywhtc1OQeZZNSSihiVtqiIA/DkshiWuEVq5kPvJHEklY8 +J0U2xhj6i2a+dLwDCKhn/RbyE3zzkAM/UAJ9ZHecmKrYpS9NDUCregETR35CGwG3zvz IiwwefIoIO3atdlla8bpXBmMAU9r9dt18Dys+dn4Fks/iFinKIZnk+aAcAFsTuHPx1Fu U01NNEbF8uioXo5XZ0HkagZz3e/g1pCGYtKP0Xyf8lQ1k0cTtnjTnwm2DLvr22ZRH8RO fUcz2+ZZ/5ZLkTLd0jtuVvlT/UAOeRbu0eeh2aW3wAcWp/SMXE9iljDTFKFRbSZoHHnZ 9T6Q== 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=9/UnAzMGm85I/jMjYR4IRM/yn6oyoLv/m6ZB1+gOw44=; b=AB6Ru+C8YvVn+Cj5KmhUB4VdAQlKfEG4LmqsfD1zvhw12DJPUrjnFz2Qwqt5+aWoVe dx5W9F4UBWuDjHRZoIpo514k8+Kz1pRBImGZ+kXWl91WRK6qn2OFTKvSGKpPdkq5Y4D5 2d8yEVj/NMMqp9tXby7LG8GfUzPi+vnOqaUPKifRx7vsCbzNiZnxY+9cKBQzFiux4H2g c13itdHQd3QHr8pyNCtfnL7+iZAplLy9K5Hcrs4R2bhYb0v7h2CU9tHKcGwU9n7V/9w/ CzukLAtFXFnz1c3rwxnE3zJvk7NrbquFeC8EPWNsty6GsdKoDWPJDJcRX1TMjP9Geb9b 6ryw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530C1THZN8qu+0eX61EmLD0oRfqf3/N2G63Nc1+n/+Ys5MlDD6K/ qfvug/dvksBNKMk/4weaM7Xz9rqVPrd/o7Xxj7A= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyINt5rU7q+ZlE2hFc/08lZX32o1cNYvz/VB6LzlWu2FVuv8uyNqtiAQxzcc8atuUoB2cI8tdZYQW7zKw5XYLg= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6808:12:: with SMTP id u18mr24257796oic.174.1638800561613; Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:22:41 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Dan Cross Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 09:22:05 -0500 Message-ID: To: Clem Cole Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000552e5805d27afd05" Subject: Re: [TUHS] [COFF] Book Recommendation X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Computer Old Farts Followers , Douglas McIlroy Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000552e5805d27afd05 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" [TUHS to Bcc] On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 9:15 AM Clem Cole wrote: > 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 >> world 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. > Indeed, still well-known: I have both his TTL and CMOS cookbooks within easy reach. - Dan C. --000000000000552e5805d27afd05 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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On= Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 9:15 AM Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> wrote:
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Adam - first thank you.=C2=A0 Pleased to know he's still kicking aro= und.

On Sun, Dec 5, 2021 at 11:26 PM Ad= am Thornton <at= hornton@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't think Don ever had a lot of crossover with the more acad= emic world of Unix people, but he's one of my heroes and I have learned= a hell of a lot from his works.
Not tru= e 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 w= ent 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 Co= okbook was an optional text for the intro to EE course [I already had it bu= t a number of my=C2=A0mates had never seen it before].=C2=A0 His CMOS Cookb= ox was not published yet, but when it was, I bought it.
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Indeed, still well-known: I have both= his TTL and CMOS cookbooks within easy reach.

=C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 - Dan C.

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