From: joachim.thiemann at
gmail.com
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 14:33:17 -0400
Subject: Can someone confirm this chip equivalence?
To: cctalk at
classiccmp.org
Hello,
I'm repairing my A1010 Amiga external floppy drive - the actual drive
works (tested by plugging it into the internal A500 floppy connector),
so the fault should be on the latch board inside; there are two chips,
a 74LS74 D Flip-Flop and one chip (also 14 pin) with number M53238P
preceded by the Mitsubishi logo. Given the required function, and
connections on the adapter board, I am 99% sure that it's a 74LS38
Quad NAND open-collector equivalent - but googling doesn't turn up a
datasheet, just a gazillion chinese parts vendors. Can someone just
confirm this in a cross-reference? Or a A1010 schematic? Or their own
drive?
Hi Joe
The 74LS38 may not have the current out needed. It may have
needed a 7438. As I recall, these have a stronger drive ( I could
be wrong here but that is what I remember ).
Dwight
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