On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Les <hlhowell(a)pacbell.net> wrote:
G is right on all counts. ...
That said, if you start with a few beginner articles,
and please do the exercises they have, you will learn. The exercises
are important to lock the information with the potential errors that you
will encounter, and the effort needed to correct them.
The problem is that today, just about anyone publishes a book about
anything and they become repetitive or just rewords of another title.
Finding good beginner's material is not easy. If I had the time, I'd go
to some community college to take a class or two.
Like G, I started a long time ago, from vacuum tubes, and while the
circuits have changed, the elements of design and software have not.
Almost everything I ever learned has benefited me.
Man... you guys actually saw the birth of computers. It's like having been
present at moment of the Big Bang.
I can only imagine you blowing up light bulbs in the garage. :-)
~af