[mikewarot]

I think the Turbo Pascal 3.0 manual[1] was one of the best printed manuals I ever owned. It alone was worth the price of the compiler.

One of the most complete (and useful!) books about an area of study I've found is The Art of Electronics[2] by Horowitz and Hill. They point out all the traps that are likely to be encountered by an engineer working with the components as they describe them, along with the various trade-offs.

1 - https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_borlandturVersion3.0Re...

2 - https://artofelectronics.net/

[randcraw]

Jeff Dunteman's book on Turbo Pascal was the best written book I've read on computing. His other books are likewise outstanding.

[weinzierl]

The context sensitive help in Turbo Pascal was also awesome.