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TI 1988 TTL Databook only 10 cents, free shipping

RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
edited 2011-09-29 02:01 in General Discussion
Yes, it's old, but very useful still.

https://estore.ti.com/TTL-LOGIC-DATABOOK-TTL-LOGIC-DATA-BOOK-P2187.aspx

I don't know if this is a limited time deal or not, but if you want one I wouldn't wait too long.

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-09-16 19:02
    I wonder how they want you to pay for it. Do the credit card companies even honor a 10-cent purchase?

    -Phil
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2011-09-16 19:18
    I don't know, but I ordered one and paid with American Express. I got a confirmation e-mail a short time after. If it doesn't go through, I'll mail them a dime.
  • GWJaxGWJax Posts: 267
    edited 2011-09-16 20:12
    Thanks I needed this since mine was burnt up in my house fire..

    Jax
  • SapiehaSapieha Posts: 2,964
    edited 2011-09-16 21:18
    Hi.


    Why pay if You can download this one

    LOGIC Pocket Data Book (Rev. B

    Copyright 2006, Texas Instruments Incorporated



    RDL2004 wrote: »
    Yes, it's old, but very useful still.

    https://estore.ti.com/TTL-LOGIC-DATABOOK-TTL-LOGIC-DATA-BOOK-P2187.aspx

    I don't know if this is a limited time deal or not, but if you want one I wouldn't wait too long.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2011-09-17 03:46
    You can also buy old RCA Tube manuals on line that include a lot of wonderful schematics. But I wouldn't spend too much on old documents in the fast moving world of electronics.
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2011-09-17 05:21
    Some of us like to tinker with old computers...

    But my prefrred book is the Hofacker Microcomputer Hardware Handbook, 1982 edition.
    http://www.amazon.com/Microcomputer-Hardware-Handbook-Elcomp/dp/3921682290/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316261928&sr=8-1

    Not just the 74xx and 40xx series chips, but a lot of CPUs and support chips, too.
    Genrally, what was in common use in computers then)
    I just wish they had made an updated version a few years later, or even an addendum.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2011-09-17 06:35
    I prefer to use Abe Books for global searches of out of print books. It seems to have more than Amazon does, and often at less money.

    There was a time when everything manufactured had a published schematic and maybe a repair guide. But I've learned finally to accept that those days are long gone.
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2011-09-17 12:16
    Yes, ABEBooks is good...

    Which is why I stay away from it as much as I can. The last time I ventured there to buy one book, I ended up with books for about $150...

    I have a couple of old tube radios at my parents house. Both of them have complete shematics hidden under a piece of masonite in the bottom.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,259
    edited 2011-09-17 16:19
    GWJax wrote: »
    Thanks I needed this since mine was burnt up in my house fire..

    Jax

    Jax: Are you serious? I had no idea, but I have wondered where you've been, that's quite a thing you've been through. Very sorry to hear that.
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2011-09-20 08:20
    Ordered on Friday, shipped on Monday, delivered before 10:30 am on Tuesday.
    TTLdatabook.jpg
    512 x 340 - 104K
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2011-09-20 08:29
    RDL2004 wrote: »
    Ordered on Friday, shipped on Monday, delivered before 10:30 am on Tuesday.

    Dang, That was fast!! Looks twice as thick as my original 1973 first printing. Back then, they were Hard Cover. Got mine in 1977.
  • jazzedjazzed Posts: 11,803
    edited 2011-09-20 10:15
    RDL2004 wrote: »
    Ordered on Friday, shipped on Monday, delivered before 10:30 am on Tuesday.
    Cool. I have an "experienced" copy of that.
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2011-09-20 10:19
    Still available. Just ordered, and order went through.
  • TonyDTonyD Posts: 210
    edited 2011-09-21 02:49
    Loopy Byteloose wrote: »
    I prefer to use Abe Books for global searches of out of print books. It seems to have more than Amazon does, and often at less money..

    Yeap, I agree with about Abe Books, great for restocking your bookshelf.

    Which reminds me, never lend old databooks and tech books out, you'll never see them again :)
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2011-09-21 08:39
    What is TI doing?!?!

    I ordered the book yesterday at 11:17 AM and it showed up at 10:45 AM today. OVERNIGHT?!?!...for 10 Pennies?!?!
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2011-09-21 09:42
    They were late, you should have got it before 10:30 am :)

    They're probably never going to print anymore of these, since most people think e-books and .pdfs are going to replace books (like TV replaced radio). I'd guess they have a lot of these laying around taking up space, and no one was buying them at $20, so somebody said "get rid of these somehow". TI probably has a corporate rate with Fed-Ex and selling them may have been as nearly as cheap as sending them to be recycled or put in a landfill.
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2011-09-21 09:57
    You're right. Big print is a thing of the past. The only thing I will get in big print anymore, would be a Bible.

    Digikey has canceled their catalogs, and I expect Mouser to follow suite, but I did get a full catalog from Mouser last month. I expect it might be the last. Funny think is, I asked Mouser to stop sending the print catalog and sent the CD instead. That was four years ago and never received a CD. :) Things change and get added so fast, it's better going to the web site anyway.

    Jim
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,259
    edited 2011-09-28 23:55
    WOW, I just got back from vaca and received this monster of a book. How can they sell & ship this FEDEX EXPRESS for 10 cents??? Any competitor of TI's could order thousands of these books (just for kindling) and drive TI to the poor house...
  • TorTor Posts: 2,010
    edited 2011-09-29 02:01
    I just now received an SMS message on my phone: Package from FedEx being loaded on the truck for delivery.

    All for 10 cents, FedEx'ed to Norway.. it'll be a while before I find a better deal than this.

    -Tor
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