[troydavis]

I’m not OP, but I suspect it was “The Prophet from Silicon Valley: The Complete Story of Sequential Circuits,” for which Dave Smith wrote the foreword.

[S_A_P]

Thats it- thanks. https://www.amazon.com/Prophet-Silicon-Valley-Complete-Seque...

link to the book.

[chillingeffect]

interesting how there is a new version of $40 and two used for >$1000 ! out-of-control algorithm ?!