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From: popelka@odysseus.uchicago.edu (Glenn Popelka)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: TAB books
Message-ID: <1991May9.030837.8106@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 9 May 91 03:08:37 GMT
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 In <1991May6.003753.8745@ritcsh.csh.rit.edu>, Derrick Williams laments: 

> I picked up a TAB book, "30 Customized Microprocessor Projects" by Delton 
>T. Horn. It is listed as TAB book # 2705. It looks like a good introduction
>to microprocessor devices, but I noticed some glaring errors in the schematics

 I made the mistake of joining their Engineering Book Club in the late 70's,
and I found glaring errors in just about every book I got. I would avoid
*any* TAB book, no matter how attractive the title. The subject matter seemed
to be very shallow, and the editing poor. They don't seem to have changed
much...


glenn