26 Nov
1999
26 Nov
'99
7:22 a.m.
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
Yes, there are some numbers that were used for 2 or
more totally
different chips. The other well-know confusing one is '4040' which is
either a CMOS 12 bit ripple counter (and is very common) or the second
Intel microprocessor (and is much rarer).
Ahh, but the 4040 microprocessor is a 24-pin DIP...making it difficult to
confuse them "in person"...
-Dave McGuire