Background
III, Forrest Marion Mims, was born on September 4, 1944 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Forrest Marion and Ollieve Elizabeth (Dunn) M.
(This is a complete electronics course in 128 pages! Autho...)
This is a complete electronics course in 128 pages! Author Forrest Mims teaches you the basics, takes you on a tour of analog and digital components, explains how they work, and shows you how they are combines for various applications. Includes circuit assembly tips and 100 electronic circuits and projects you can build and test.
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("Radio Shack Catalog No. 62-2027" "LCCN: 77-91904" c1978....)
"Radio Shack Catalog No. 62-2027" "LCCN: 77-91904" c1978. Published by the Tandy Corporation based in Fort Worth Texas. This was one of the very first books written to cover the "Hobby Computers". The computer pictured on the cover is the famous TRS-80. The author, Forrest Mims helped write the user manual for the Altair 8800, one of the very first "hobby computers. This book is a very well written overview of the field at the time it was published. It contains flow charts and circuit diagrams. It is a wealth of information about early computer design techniques upon which later computers are based. Easy to read with "Checkpoint" review boxes followed with the answers to the review questions in the boxes just below each box. Included is information on using the PIP-1 computer.
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(Book sections include Electricity, Electronic Components,...)
Book sections include Electricity, Electronic Components, Semiconductors, Photonic Semiconductors, Integrated digital circuits, Linear Integrated Circuits, Circuit Assembly tips, 100 Electronic Circuits. Includes many easy-to-understand drawings.
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III, Forrest Marion Mims, was born on September 4, 1944 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Forrest Marion and Ollieve Elizabeth (Dunn) M.
Bachelor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1966.
Freelance science writer, Albuquerque, 1970-1976; freelance science writer, San Marcos, Texas, 1976-1985; freelance science writer, Seguin, Texas, since 1985.
(This is a complete electronics course in 128 pages! Autho...)
(Book sections include Electricity, Electronic Components,...)
(Paperback: 128 pages Publisher: Forrest M. Mims, III (198...)
("Radio Shack Catalog No. 62-2027" "LCCN: 77-91904" c1978....)
Captain United States Air Force, 1966-1970, Vietnam. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, Optical Society of America.
Married Minnie Chavez, June 15, 1968. Children: Eric, Vicki, Sarah.