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Digital fundamentals book

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  • 01-12-2007 1:31am
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    techguy
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    I am thinking of buying Digital Fundamentals by Thomas L. Floyd just as a reference book for my Computer Architecture class. I used it a few times last year when I was studying electronics.

    Do I need to buy the latest edition of this book (uber expensive!) Will one of the last 3 or 4 editions do or will they be out of date as i'm told? I only need this as a reference, I won't need all the latest in the field.

    Thanks..

    p.s. I'm not sure if this is the correct thread..if not feel free to move it!:)


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    ronivek
    Registered Users Posts: 1,916 ✭✭✭ronivek


    Well it really depends on what your course covers I suppose.

    If your course is bang up to date in its course content and practical requirements then having access to the most recent edition would be an advantage.

    I have found most Digital Design/Fundamentals/Logic books tend to vary little from edition to edition; but the more advanced the subject matter within the book the more it will change.

    I guess the best advice I can give you is ask the lecturer in question or maybe someone who is in a later year of the course. Or maybe try getting access to one of the older editions and trying to find a newer edition somewhere to compare the pertinant chapters?


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    ronivek wrote: »
    I guess the best advice I can give you is ask the lecturer in question

    Ultimately, this is the best advice.

    However, as somebody who has lectured Computer Architecture at third level, I would say the fundamentals don't change, so an older version of the book would certainly do.

    I am not familiar with that particular author (I used Digital Systems by Toci and Widmer, btw), but looking at the Prentice Hall website, the latest version certainly covers the basics, so I would imagine and older version would too.


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