> a good point : a quick look for "metastability" in the index of my > half-dozen SI books didn't get many hits. ~15 years ago, when I was browsing for general digital logic books, I used Metastability as my test case. When I saw a book that looked interesting, I would open it to the index and look for Metastability. (This was long before Amazon, so you could find books in bookstores where you could touch them.) This was an amazingly quick way to evaluate a book. First, you got to check the index which I consider to be important. If I didn't find anything then I was suspicious. If I did, then I would go check out that section. I think I understand Metastability so it doesn't take long to find out if the author says something sensible. Two books in my collection have good sections on Metastability: High-Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic Howard Johnson and Martin Graham Digital Design: Principles and Practices John F. Wakerly My opinions: Anybody interested in SI should have a copy of "Black Magic". I like the style. Every time I open it to look up something I get suckered in just rereading a section I've already read many times. Wakerly is now up to the 4th edition (2005). Mine is a couple back. I still learn something every time I open it. I wish I had a copy many many years ago. Both are a bit old, mostly using MSI (DIPs) as examples. But the ideas haven't changed. I may be biased since I did a lot of work with MSI and I can easily relate to their examples. -- The suespammers.org mail server is located in California. So are all my other mailboxes. Please do not send unsolicited bulk e-mail or unsolicited commercial e-mail to my suespammers.org address or any of my other addresses. These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu