Don Lancaster: RIP...

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boB

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I remember when Don used to post on S.E.D. years ago.
I talked wth him once or twice in the 90s. I bought a couple of his
books like The TTL Cookbook and TV Typewriter.

Don was 83

https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/

boB
 
On Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:18:50 -0700, boB <boB@K7IQ.com> wrote:

I remember when Don used to post on S.E.D. years ago.
I talked wth him once or twice in the 90s. I bought a couple of his
books like The TTL Cookbook and TV Typewriter.

Don was 83

https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/

boB

Great guy. His Active Filter Cookbook is still worth having around.
 
John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:18:50 -0700, boB <boB@K7IQ.com> wrote:


I remember when Don used to post on S.E.D. years ago.
I talked wth him once or twice in the 90s. I bought a couple of his
books like The TTL Cookbook and TV Typewriter.

Don was 83

https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/

boB

Great guy. His Active Filter Cookbook is still worth having around.

May God hold him in memory eternal.
 
On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 11:55:27 PM UTC+10, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:18:50 -0700, boB <b...@K7IQ.com> wrote:


I remember when Don used to post on S.E.D. years ago.
I talked wth him once or twice in the 90s. I bought a couple of his
books like The TTL Cookbook and TV Typewriter.

Don was 83

https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/

Great guy. His Active Filter Cookbook is still worth having around.

But Williams and Taylor\'s \"Electronic Filter Design Handbook\" is a whole lot better, if you design your filters.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
 
On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 08:21:38 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman
<bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:

On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 11:55:27?PM UTC+10, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:18:50 -0700, boB <b...@K7IQ.com> wrote:


I remember when Don used to post on S.E.D. years ago.
I talked wth him once or twice in the 90s. I bought a couple of his
books like The TTL Cookbook and TV Typewriter.

Don was 83

https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/

Great guy. His Active Filter Cookbook is still worth having around.

But Williams and Taylor\'s \"Electronic Filter Design Handbook\" is a whole lot better, if you design your filters.

Don was kind of an American icon in the electronics publishing world.

boB
 
On Sunday, July 2, 2023 at 4:34:11 AM UTC+10, boB wrote:
On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 08:21:38 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman
bill....@ieee.org> wrote:
On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 11:55:27?PM UTC+10, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:18:50 -0700, boB <b...@K7IQ.com> wrote:


I remember when Don used to post on S.E.D. years ago.
I talked wth him once or twice in the 90s. I bought a couple of his
books like The TTL Cookbook and TV Typewriter.

Don was 83

https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/

Great guy. His Active Filter Cookbook is still worth having around.

But Williams and Taylor\'s \"Electronic Filter Design Handbook\" is a whole lot better, if you design your filters.

Don was kind of an American icon in the electronics publishing world.

The more popular end of it. Horowitz and Hill are distinctly more iconic at the more academic end. #3 in circuit design where Don is #277.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
 
On Sun, 2 Jul 2023 04:16:05 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman
<bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:

On Sunday, July 2, 2023 at 4:34:11?AM UTC+10, boB wrote:
On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 08:21:38 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman
bill....@ieee.org> wrote:
On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 11:55:27?PM UTC+10, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:18:50 -0700, boB <b...@K7IQ.com> wrote:


I remember when Don used to post on S.E.D. years ago.
I talked wth him once or twice in the 90s. I bought a couple of his
books like The TTL Cookbook and TV Typewriter.

Don was 83

https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/

Great guy. His Active Filter Cookbook is still worth having around.

But Williams and Taylor\'s \"Electronic Filter Design Handbook\" is a whole lot better, if you design your filters.

Don was kind of an American icon in the electronics publishing world.

The more popular end of it. Horowitz and Hill are distinctly more iconic at the more academic end. #3 in circuit design where Don is #277.

Don was publishing a few years earlier than the Art Of Electronics.

But they were different material so not exactly comparable.

Don was more DIY computer and logic. They were both good publications
IMO.

boB
 
On Monday, July 3, 2023 at 5:55:41 AM UTC+10, boB wrote:
On Sun, 2 Jul 2023 04:16:05 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman
bill....@ieee.org> wrote:
On Sunday, July 2, 2023 at 4:34:11?AM UTC+10, boB wrote:
On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 08:21:38 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman
bill....@ieee.org> wrote:
On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 11:55:27?PM UTC+10, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:18:50 -0700, boB <b...@K7IQ.com> wrote:


I remember when Don used to post on S.E.D. years ago.
I talked wth him once or twice in the 90s. I bought a couple of his
books like The TTL Cookbook and TV Typewriter.

Don was 83

https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/

Great guy. His Active Filter Cookbook is still worth having around.

But Williams and Taylor\'s \"Electronic Filter Design Handbook\" is a whole lot better, if you design your filters.

Don was kind of an American icon in the electronics publishing world.

The more popular end of it. Horowitz and Hill are distinctly more iconic at the more academic end. #3 in circuit design where Don is #277.

Don was publishing a few years earlier than the Art Of Electronics.

But they were different material so not exactly comparable.

The comparison isn\'t difficult. Don wasn\'t in the same league.

> Don was more DIY computer and logic. They were both good publications IMO.

Don\'s were aimed at a less demanding market, and didn\'t have as much to offer.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
 
On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 8:21:44 AM UTC-7, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 11:55:27 PM UTC+10, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:18:50 -0700, boB <b...@K7IQ.com> wrote:


I remember when Don used to post on S.E.D. years ago.
I talked wth him once or twice in the 90s. I bought a couple of his
books like The TTL Cookbook and TV Typewriter.

Don was 83

https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/

Great guy. His Active Filter Cookbook is still worth having around.
But Williams and Taylor\'s \"Electronic Filter Design Handbook\" is a whole lot better, if you design your filters.

--
Bozo Bill Slowman, Sydney

Leave it to Bozo to FUCK UP a memorial thread!
 
On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 18:10:08 -0700 (PDT), Flyguy
<soar2morrow@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 8:21:44?AM UTC-7, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 11:55:27?PM UTC+10, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:18:50 -0700, boB <b...@K7IQ.com> wrote:


I remember when Don used to post on S.E.D. years ago.
I talked wth him once or twice in the 90s. I bought a couple of his
books like The TTL Cookbook and TV Typewriter.

Don was 83

https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/

Great guy. His Active Filter Cookbook is still worth having around.
But Williams and Taylor\'s \"Electronic Filter Design Handbook\" is a whole lot better, if you design your filters.

--
Bozo Bill Slowman, Sydney

Leave it to Bozo to FUCK UP a memorial thread!

I\'m afraid that I can not disagree with that.

boB
 
On Tue, 04 Jul 2023 19:08:40 -0700, boB <boB@K7IQ.com> wrote:

On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 18:10:08 -0700 (PDT), Flyguy
soar2morrow@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 8:21:44?AM UTC-7, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 11:55:27?PM UTC+10, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:18:50 -0700, boB <b...@K7IQ.com> wrote:


I remember when Don used to post on S.E.D. years ago.
I talked wth him once or twice in the 90s. I bought a couple of his
books like The TTL Cookbook and TV Typewriter.

Don was 83

https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/

Great guy. His Active Filter Cookbook is still worth having around.
But Williams and Taylor\'s \"Electronic Filter Design Handbook\" is a whole lot better, if you design your filters.

--
Bozo Bill Slowman, Sydney

Leave it to Bozo to FUCK UP a memorial thread!

I\'m afraid that I can not disagree with that.

boB

He is a gigantic minus sign. That can\'t be fun.
 
On Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 11:10:13 AM UTC+10, Flyguy wrote:
On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 8:21:44 AM UTC-7, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 11:55:27 PM UTC+10, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:18:50 -0700, boB <b...@K7IQ.com> wrote:


I remember when Don used to post on S.E.D. years ago.
I talked wth him once or twice in the 90s. I bought a couple of his
books like The TTL Cookbook and TV Typewriter.

Don was 83

https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/

Great guy. His Active Filter Cookbook is still worth having around.
But Williams and Taylor\'s \"Electronic Filter Design Handbook\" is a whole lot better, if you design your filters.

Leave it to Bozo to FUCK UP a memorial thread!

Memorial threads have to be accurate - not that Flyguy would have any idea about that. Don was usfull in the area, for the price. He wasn\'t great but he was useful.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
 
On Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 12:36:09 PM UTC+10, John Larkin wrote:
On Tue, 04 Jul 2023 19:08:40 -0700, boB <b...@K7IQ.com> wrote:
On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 18:10:08 -0700 (PDT), Flyguy <soar2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 8:21:44?AM UTC-7, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 11:55:27?PM UTC+10, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:18:50 -0700, boB <b...@K7IQ.com> wrote:

<snip>

Great guy. His Active Filter Cookbook is still worth having around.
But Williams and Taylor\'s \"Electronic Filter Design Handbook\" is a whole lot better, if you design your filters.

--
Bozo Bill Slowman, Sydney

Leave it to Bozo to FUCK UP a memorial thread!

I\'m afraid that I can not disagree with that.

He is a gigantic minus sign. That can\'t be fun.

John Larkin expects to be flattered non-stop, and thinks that Don Lancaster had the same character defect. Flyguy is just a malicious half-wit.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
 
On Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 12:08:58 PM UTC+10, boB wrote:
On Tue, 4 Jul 2023 18:10:08 -0700 (PDT), Flyguy <soar2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 8:21:44?AM UTC-7, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 11:55:27?PM UTC+10, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:18:50 -0700, boB <b...@K7IQ.com> wrote:


I remember when Don used to post on S.E.D. years ago. I talked wth him once or twice in the 90s. I bought a couple of his books like The TTL Cookbook and TV Typewriter.

Don was 83

https://gilaherald.com/obituary-for-don-lancaster/

Great guy. His Active Filter Cookbook is still worth having around.
.
But Williams and Taylor\'s \"Electronic Filter Design Handbook\" is a whole lot better, if you design your filters.

Leave it to Bozo to FUCK UP a memorial thread!

I\'m afraid that I can not disagree with that.

Then you\'d better learn a bit more about the subject. Flyguy can\'t - senile dementia has put paid to that - but you might be able to.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
 
Don Lancaster wrote books in the 70\'s that kids bought at Radio Shack and that changed the world.
 
On Wed, 05 Jul 2023 10:35:02, Wanderer<dont@emailme.com> wrote:

>Don Lancaster wrote books in the 70\'s that kids bought at Radio Shack and that changed the world.

He had a very friendly writing style. He\'d talk about filter circuits,
for example, in practical terms with examples, and interleave little
sections called \"The Math Behind\", instead of scaring off the kids by
starting a chapter with pages of equations.

So a kid could build and test one of his circuits right away, and then
maybe get curious about the theory. That was downright sneaky.
 
On Thursday, July 6, 2023 at 12:35:21 AM UTC+10, Wanderer wrote:
> Don Lancaster wrote books in the 70\'s that kids bought at Radio Shack and that changed the world.

Actually it didn\'t. People like Tim Berners-Lee and Donald W Davies had a much larger effect. Bob Widlar and Barry Gilbert gave the kids components worth playing with, and that was a whole lot more effective thanDon Lancaster\'s hobby level text-books.

He was a useful guy, but lets not go over the top.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
 
On Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 11:26:22 AM UTC-4, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
On Thursday, July 6, 2023 at 12:35:21 AM UTC+10, Wanderer wrote:
Don Lancaster wrote books in the 70\'s that kids bought at Radio Shack and that changed the world.
Actually it didn\'t. People like Tim Berners-Lee and Donald W Davies had a much larger effect. Bob Widlar and Barry Gilbert gave the kids components worth playing with, and that was a whole lot more effective thanDon Lancaster\'s hobby level text-books.

He was a useful guy, but lets not go over the top.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
Jesus. This group hasn\'t changed at all.
Pissing on a man\'s funeral ?
 
On Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 3:42:25 PM UTC-4, mkr5000 wrote:
On Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 11:26:22 AM UTC-4, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
On Thursday, July 6, 2023 at 12:35:21 AM UTC+10, Wanderer wrote:
Don Lancaster wrote books in the 70\'s that kids bought at Radio Shack and that changed the world.
Actually it didn\'t. People like Tim Berners-Lee and Donald W Davies had a much larger effect. Bob Widlar and Barry Gilbert gave the kids components worth playing with, and that was a whole lot more effective thanDon Lancaster\'s hobby level text-books.

He was a useful guy, but lets not go over the top.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
Jesus. This group hasn\'t changed at all.
Pissing on a man\'s funeral ?
I also just realized that this was the guy who did the CMOS cookbook, which was the most beloved book in collection. I used it more than any I had. Didn\'t he also write a lot of articles for Popular Electronics? RIP, Mr. Lancaster.
 
On Wed, 5 Jul 2023 13:55:50 -0700 (PDT), mkr5000 <mikerbgr@gmail.com>
wrote:

On Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 3:42:25?PM UTC-4, mkr5000 wrote:
On Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 11:26:22?AM UTC-4, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
On Thursday, July 6, 2023 at 12:35:21?AM UTC+10, Wanderer wrote:
Don Lancaster wrote books in the 70\'s that kids bought at Radio Shack and that changed the world.
Actually it didn\'t. People like Tim Berners-Lee and Donald W Davies had a much larger effect. Bob Widlar and Barry Gilbert gave the kids components worth playing with, and that was a whole lot more effective thanDon Lancaster\'s hobby level text-books.

He was a useful guy, but lets not go over the top.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
Jesus. This group hasn\'t changed at all.
Pissing on a man\'s funeral ?
I also just realized that this was the guy who did the CMOS cookbook, which was the most beloved book in collection. I used it more than any I had. Didn\'t he also write a lot of articles for Popular Electronics? RIP, Mr. Lancaster.

Yes, that one too. Don did get people interested in trying different
electonics components and learing about them. Even if people like Bob
Widlar and others designed the components they used in their circuits.
It takes both kinds to design products. They are designed around
other people\'s components.

Don also wrote in magazines like Popular Electronics which a lot of us
read back then to help us get started.

And, AoE as well but for me, I hadn\'t seen that book until around 1990
or so. Way later than Don Lancaster started writing.

boB
 

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