19 Apr
2004
19 Apr
'04
12:50 p.m.
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, William Maddox wrote:
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 the Hayden hardback edition, 9th printing (1988) and it has
nothing like this in it - in fact no pictures at all, only line drawings.
The three microprocessors mentioned are the 8080, LSI-11, and 6502 - and
these are called out as:
The 8080 for synthesiser control
The LSI-11 for direct synthesis
The 6502 for 'logic replacement'
No mention of anything from TRW at all, for that matter....
Cheers
John