From: Perry Lorier [mailto:perry(a)coders.net]
Ah, I remember the good ol' days of doing this myself :) Although documentation wasn't quite as free flowing as it is these days.
Well the internet has made things easier of course but I always found if you gave the manufacturer a call or a polite email asking for a databook they'd send some on their way to you. I haven't done it much in recent years but in the past chipmakers wouldn't even ask for the cost of shipping the books to NZ. I remember Intel's databook for the 8086, it even had a reference computer design in there that looked surprisingly like the original IBM PC. ;) Matt Browne
Matthew Browne (DSL HN) wrote:
From: Perry Lorier [mailto:perry(a)coders.net]
Ah, I remember the good ol' days of doing this myself :) Although documentation wasn't quite as free flowing as it is these days.
Well the internet has made things easier of course but I always found if you gave the manufacturer a call or a polite email asking for a databook they'd send some on their way to you. I haven't done it much in recent years but in the past chipmakers wouldn't even ask for the cost of shipping the books to NZ. I remember Intel's databook for the 8086, it even had a reference computer design in there that looked surprisingly like the original IBM PC. ;)
Not really the "Instant satisfaction" of googling something :) But yeah, I remember getting intel to post me CD's of their various goodies.
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