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	CMOS  COOKBOOK CMOS was the first popular low cost integrated circuit family that drew ZERO power except when anything changed, thus allowing micro power use. CMOS rapidly challenged TTL for hobbyists.
	TTL COOKBOOK Millions of copies sold for this popular integrated circuit logic family. Since early computer stores had no products, visitors had to physically climb over a pallet of these to leave.
	ACTIVE FILTER CB Seventeenth edition of the most popular active filter book of all time. Active filters replace coils with opamp circuits. Especially for audio and music. This is the Synergetics Press edition.
	TV TYPEWRITER CB The  TVT was the opening shot fired in the personal computer revolution. Used to put text onto an unmodified tv set. Replaced by falling memory prices and higher bandwidth needs.
	ISMM MONEY MACHINE A "small is beautiful" approach to your own tech or craft venture. Well reviewed by the Whole Earth crowd. While portions are now clearly quaint, a lot remains highly useful.
	RTL COOKBOOK The earliest digital IC family cheap enough for wide hacker interest. The first "Cookbook" was the Navy Preferred Circuits Handbook. I stole the name as did many others later on.
	APPLE ASSEMBLY CB I Virtually all commercial Apple IIe programs ran in machine language because it offers you utterly overwhelming speed and flexibility. I have split this ebook into two pieces .
	APPLE ASSEMBLY CB II I have split these ebooks into two pieces. Later, I did a Director's Cut as a demo of our "Linotype Era" restoration services. Be sure to view our "tearing method".
	APPLEWRITER CB Applewriter was a superb word processor that even included a WPL scripting app. This book completely tears apart all the original code, letting you make your own useful modifications.
	ENHANCE APPLE VOL I A project book of neat upgrades you can provide for your Apple II and IIe. Includes the tearing method, an astoundingly fast and easy method to understand machine language programs.
	ENHANCE APPLE VOL II A second Apple II and IIe project book. Includes the super sneaky "vaporlock" that lets you mix and map screen modes. Plus a full Applewriter disassembly script.
	CHEAP VIDEO CB Ultra sneaky trick allows low cost video on even the smallest and simplest of trainers or other low end microcomputers. The CPU does the timing shared with other micro activities.
	SON OF CHEAP VIDEO Second volume of low cost low end video schemes. First used "scungy" video for as little as $7. Included music displays,video for the Heath H8, new custom characters, and similar hacks.
	MACHINE LANGUAGE I I did split our original Micro Cookbook volume II into two ebooks to let them download a lot faster. And later did yet another Director' Cut as a demo of our restoration services.
	MACHINE LANGUAGE II This is the econ half of Micro Cookbook II split up for faster downloads. Primarily is 6502 based, but useful to this day for the fundamentals.

Autographed Copies
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	ACTIVE FILTER CB Seventeenth edition of the most popular active filter book of all time. Active filters replace coils with opamp circuits. Especially for audio and music. This is the Synergetics Press edition.
	TTL COOKBOOK Millions of copies sold for this popular integrated circuit logic family. Since early computer stores had no products, visitors had to physically climb over a pallet of these to leave.
	MACHINE LANGUAGE I I did split our original Micro Cookbook volume II into two ebooks to let them download a lot faster. And later did yet another Director' Cut as a demo of our restoration services.

I thought I'd throw in this unusual find here...

NUCLEAR SLIDE RULES Kiss your onager goodbye! With these mint, sealed, and unused cold war nuke calculators. An extremely rare collectible.

Can't you just picture a Master Sergent out in the open furiously spinning these and "Dang! There goes another one!" These and bunches more on our eBay store.

Our Videos
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	INTRO TO POSTSCRIPT Older classroom style video reveals the many wonders of PostScript. Which is a general purpose language that is also rumored to be able to dirty up otherwise clean sheets of paper.
	ARA HANGING CANALS Don's ARA Presentation at Kartchner Caverns in January of 2019. Now over 100 study areas and 150 miles of canals! More details here, here, here, and here.

   Bizarre vids can be found here, here, and here.

USB Projects
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	LANCASTER CLASSICS "All we have" archive of our entire website. Includes many gigabytes of ebooks and classics and bunches more.
	HANGING CANAL USB A definitive USB summary of all of our Gila Valley prehistoric bajada hanging canal research, Includes field notes, hundreds of images, and much more.

Director's Cuts
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Director's Cuts are my method of restoring Linotype era books and stories to beyond their formal glory. Major benefits include very low file sizes, "perfect" typography and backgrounds, color addons, full URL linkings, removal of hyphens, paragraph ledding, voice and more. But it is time intensive and has a steep learning curve. More details here.

Some examples...

 Applewriter Cookbook and sourcecode
 Fasterized Fractal Fern and sourcecode
 MLPCI Level II Rework and sourcecode
 Archaeomagnetism and sourcecode
 Poison ivy in a spray can and sourcecode
 SigForth PostScript Intro and sourcecode
 Superclock Rework
 Tearing Method and sourcecode
 Thermoluminescence and sourcecode
 TV Typewriter Image Rework
 Winning the Micro game and sourcecode

Google PS
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Here's an updated list of our recent triply compatible Distiller-GoogleDrive-GhostScript utilities and apps...

 #23 - Rope-a-Dope sourcecode and demo
 #22 - Spherical Trans sourcecode and demo
 #21 - Poison Ivy Can sourcecode and demo
 #20 - Perspective Cube sourcecode and demo
 #19 - Fractal Fern sourcecode and demo
 #18 - URL Linking sourcecode and demo
 #17 - Print Diverter! sourcecode and demo
 #16 - Error Reporter! sourcecode and demo
 #15 - Dict Snooper sourcecode and demo
 #14 - Marbelous Pancakes module list
 #13 - Meowrrr Cat sourcecode and demo
 #12 - Better Accuracy sourcecode and demo
 #11 - Spline Length sourcecode and demo
 #10 - Gonzo Shell sourcecode and demo
 #9 - Linear Spline sourcecode and demo
 #8 - Fake Log Demo sourcecode and demo
 #7 - Avuncular Sleezoids module list
 #6 - Tuna Can sourcecode and demo
 #5 - Font Reporter sourcecode and demo
 #4 - Brick Wall sourcecode and demo (!)
 #3 - Scribble sourcecode and demo (!)
 #2 - Fat Tail Arrows sourcecode and demo (!)
 #1 - Web Colors sourcecode and demo (!)

My Predictions
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Stunning breakthroughs in quantum computing making highly disrupting cryptocurrency value generation nearly free.

Because of their production similarities between cotton and marijuana, standardization emerging on 500 pound bales. With partial bales being deemed "personal use".

A rapidly accelerating rate of conversions of the few remaining coal fired power plants into singles bars. As their highest and best use.

Single passenger drones ( possibly tethered ) that make border fences even more utterly ludicrous.

Dramatic improvements in presently terrible HVAC. In theory the SEER max is 300 or a COP of 120.

Effective solutions in making older display or print formatted info becoming much more mobile friendly.

Significant improvements in solid state Peltier-like cooling, but still restricted to specialty apps or scams.

All hell breaking loose after PV cell pricing having already blasted through the crucial eight cents per peak cell watt threshold like it was not even there.

Utter dominance of LED lighting techniques driven by its outstanding efficiency and design flexibility. Especially for vehicle headlights.

Hangnails rapidly becoming a qualifying condition for medical marijuana.

The latest in nootropics going well beyond placebos and possibly even impacting Alzheimers

Significant improvements in Google Drive getting able to not choke on PostScript.

Resolution of open source and creative commons issues in scholarly publishing, with embargo times newly a year or less.

Increasing climatic and weather variability, along with the size and frequency of outrageous fires. All clearly caused by human activity. As to the deniers, they better hope and pray that it is human caused, because otherwise it will be a lot harder to fix.

Several major dental breakthroughs.

Imminent elimination of the traditional outrageous federal farm subsidies and price supports dropping marijuana pricing into the 59 cents per pound range. With tax revenue estimates off a tad, but perhaps only by four or five orders of magnitude.

More Free Stuff
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 Unauthorized Autobiography
 My Thesis
 My patent
 Classic Article Reprints
 John Dvorak's Pioneering Hardware
 New Mexico Ports of Entry
 The Worst of Marcia Swampfelder
 Bruno
 Groundswill
 Encounter of the Long Count Keeper
 My Guru Status
 Maybe Just the Punch Lines
 Curious Saga of the Magic Lamp
 Technological Innovation Factors
 Ethernet Tokens
 Dowsing for Brown's Gas in Roswell
 Scamming a Student Paper
 Some Gila Valley Dayhikes
 Lafayette Promo
 USA Today Promo
 Magic Sinewave Calculator
 Computer Pioneers
 Elegant Simplicity
 Marbelous Pancakes
 Dripping Stalactite Saga
 FastSol Magic Sinewave Calculator

Site Maps
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