Chuck Guzis wrote:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4224676.html. One
curious aspect is the
"position" input pin: if the slice is the most significant, you put a
voltage higher than 3.6v on it; if the least significant, less than 0.8
volts; if in the middle, between 1.8 and 3 volts.
I recall some QBus(?) interface chips with similar strapping
options