And what's funny is that there now seems to
be some stuff out there that's
offering as simple as single gates in a small surface-mount package.
20? years ago, TI offered a few 74xx series parts in 8 pin DIPs - dual
gates and such. They bombed.
I've never seen thosei in any databooks, do you have the part numbers?
I do remember 7545x parts that were dual 2-input gates with open
collector outputs that could drive lamps/relays/etc. IIRC AND, NAND, OR,
NOR gates all existed
The only 8-pin TTL chips I (just) rememebr the 7456 ands 7457 (I think)
which were /50 and /60 counters (desigend to get 1Hz clocks from European
or US power lines)
-tony