15 May
2001
15 May
'01
12:41 p.m.
That device is in my old (dated 1972) TI TTL databook, so I'd guess it was
around before then.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: 74xx orgin
The oldest datasheet I could find says Dec 1972 for the 74S181
I would put it a little earlier than that, since the PDP11/45 uses that
ALU chip, and IIRC it came out in the middle of 1972.
-tony