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Talking about Dick Smith, when I was in Oz a few weeks ago I stayed in an Airbnb'd house that had 'Dick Smiths fun way into electronics' in a bookshelf. Apart f
by roel_v 11y ago
Talking about Dick Smith, when I was in Oz a few weeks ago I stayed in an Airbnb'd house that had 'Dick Smiths fun way into electronics' in a bookshelf. Apart from some funny 1980's anachronisms ('Moore's law will be irrelevant by the early 1990's because who needs that many transistors'), I loved it. I'm trying to learn some basic electronics and the descriptions of the circuits provide the right 'bridge' between 'this is Ohm's law' and 'here is a fully functional schematic'.
So my question - is there a place I can get all 3 volumes? Or does anyone have pdfs of them?
- shasheene 11y agoYou may be interested in checking out this series of blog posts [1] (with a surprising cameo by Dick Smith himself in the comment section) [1] http://goughlui.com/2014/11/09/tech-flashback-dick-smiths-fun-way-into-electronics-vol-1/ http://goughlui.com/2014/11/09/tech-flashback-dick-smiths-fu...
- roel_v 11y agoYeah I found those when I was googling for it, but since the site mentions 'still in copyright' several times, I didn't even bother emailing him for pdfs. The site is nice but lacks the actual content.
- julianz 11y agoIf you search on trademe.co.nz (biggest auction site in NZ) in the book section there are several copies of all the books available cheap. I was an 80's kid and the Fun Way books and associated kits were definitely one of the ways I got into electronics and related tech stuff. It's a real shame what's happened to Dick Smith but it's been easy to see it coming for a very long time.
- roel_v 11y agoAh yes, I hadn't thought of that - thanks!
- rhyselsmore 11y agoI may have some spare copies of the first 2 volumes in storage at my parents place. Want to shoot me an email (me at rhys dot io), and I can have a look next time I am there?
- roel_v 11y agoVery kind of you, I've emailed you.