3 May
2013
3 May
'13
2:11 p.m.
On 05/02/2013 02:00 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
The 8031 has no internal program ROM, so the copyright date will be
for the processor, not the ROM contents, and 1980 is exactly the right
year for an 8031.
Sure. But if it's an 8031 (which, given the extra infroamtion now looks
likely), teh '8031' number could eb the part number, not a date code.
If the IC was a custom CD-ROM data extractor-thingy (as in the drive I
have the docs on), then it would surely have been made a lot later than
1980.
-tony
40-pin
chip is that "8031". However, you may be right - week 31 of 1980
isn't unreasonable. And this is just the external interface card.
Actually, 1980 would be far too early for a CD-ROM drive, surely?