At 02:54 PM 2/9/00 -0600, you wrote: >At 02:48 PM 2/9/2000 -0600, you wrote: >> > From: Steven Rightnar [mailto:rightnar@DOMINION.LLUMC.EDU] >> > I was about to buy a good general electronics book and I was >> > ready to click >> > $60 away on The Art of Electronics then I noticed the pub >> > date of 1989. With >> >>Suggestion: Look on a planet other than earth. There is no single better >>general electronics book anywhere here. Amen to AOE....However, Although for simple circuits that jog the memory and quick and dirty tricks--and very little theory, The Forest Mims ENGINEERS NOTEBOOK from Hightext Publications (San Diego) at $14.95 is a compilation of most of the little Radio Shack Mini-Notebooks. It sits right next to my AOE, and I think it might get a little bit more use. The other one is the ARRL Handbook--available at any Ham radio store is also very useful--on occasion. The older versions (1960's, 1970's) are the best for fundamental electronics theory and practice. The new ones get very detailed very quickly, and assume you already know everything. Lots of assembly tricks, home-made instruments, etc. And don't forget anything by Yourdin for programming and systems analysis. Kelly William K. Borsum, P.E. -- OEM Dataloggers and Instrumentation Systems & San Diego, California, USA