19 Apr
2004
19 Apr
'04
11:53 a.m.
In the 70's, TRW made a fast (for the day)
fully-combinational bipolar multiplier that was
packaged in an oversized DIP with a giant TRW logo.
Chamberlain's "Musical Applications of
Microprocessors"
has a picture of one. I have no idea what this
particular chip is, but TRW did make chips with this
"mock up" look.
--Bill
--- Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> wrote:
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On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Joe R. wrote:
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2589635895&category=5091
Does anyone know what this is?
6&sspagename=rvi:1:1>. The seller claims that
it's a rare early CPU but
I
don't think so.
I didn't realize 1983 was considered the "early days
of electronics".
Wow, I wasn't born too late after all! Woohoo!
Looks like some cheezy mock-up if you ask me.
Probably rare, I'll grant
him that (maybe), but is it significant?
--
Sellam Ismail
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