21 Jan
2023
21 Jan
'23
9:45 a.m.
On 1/21/23 09:21, Chris via cctalk wrote:
I have an xt mobo and some portion is populated w/NEC
4116 or 4164 chips (but 4116s were specific to the 5150, no? It's not in front of me).
There are a bunch on the board, not sure if it's all the ram. Was this typical
(I'm sure that wasn't the case). Is this an example of an early 5160? Why did they
goldnplate the covers?
Common practice back in the day, when the price of gold plating wasn't a
cost issue, compared to the cost of the chip itself.
That being said, I think that I have some NEC uPD416 (4116 equivalent)
where the lids are not gold-plated. But even Intel gold plated the lids
on their 2117 DRAM ceramic packages.
--Chuck