16 May
2002
16 May
'02
12:31 p.m.
Tothwolf wrote:
On Thu, 16 May 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
The 8008 does have 18 pins. I have a tube of 6 of them in front of me
right now.
I forgot about the 1702 EPROM. But the point is only with the 8080
did they go to the larger 40 pin packaging. Nodays a 40 pin package
is considered tiny.
I read
many moons ago that Intel at that time could not package
a chip with more than 16 pins, until the 8080. That was a
I thought the 8008 had 18 pins, and that predated the 8080.
For that matter, the 4040 had 24 pins, as did the 1702 EPROM. I am not
sure whether those came out before the 8080, though.