Win Hill has been working on the 3rd edition for literally decades. I used to exchange E-mails with him back in the 90's when the 3rd edition was always "around the corner". Glad to see it has arrived!
My 2nd edition is very well-worn. Bought it in 1990. 25 years!!! Tim N3QE On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 7:46 AM, brent evers <[email protected]> wrote: > +1. I'll probably buy a copy anyway (not that I need it so much anymore), > but I'd like to know what has changed, what you think has improved, what > you think has been missed, etc. > > The 2nd edition was fantastic, but so much of the EE world has changed I > think it would be hard to cover it as well as the precious edition did and > still retain the same flavor and utility. I looked through the TOC a few > weeks ago and still wondered the same. I know that in some (small, getting > smaller) circles, the original content still pertains, but on whole, the > advent of microprocessors and their respective toolchains, FPGA's and their > displacement of discreet logic, and the tremendous growth and reduction in > scale of all RF electronics in some ways obviate the previous text and I > guess I'm wondering if those things and similar developments preclude the > success of the third edition. > > Then again, as well as the 2nd edition did it, I have high hopes. It is a > classic. > > Brent > > > > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 4:31 AM, Jim Palfreyman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > What's been added? This is a brilliant book, but I need to know what the > > updates are! > > > > Jim > > > > > > On 17 April 2015 at 18:12, Poul-Henning Kamp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > -------- > > > In message <[email protected]>, Andrea Baldoni > > > writes: > > > > > > >Hello. > > > >In the case someone missed the new, after years of waiting, the third > > > edition > > > >of the book in the subject is out! > > > > > > I received it last week, and yes, it's absolutely worth the money. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > > > [email protected] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > > > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > > > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by > > incompetence. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe, go to > > > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go to > > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
