16 Oct
2000
16 Oct
'00
5:28 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: ajp166 <ajp166(a)bellatlantic.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: Who collects (reads the mailing list...?) vintage computers
From: Richard Erlacher <edick(a)idcomm.com>
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If you used it there was a lot of other TTL around it
so it was not the
cheapest way to go and often the flakeyest. A good design with oneshots
worked
well enough. Later one when people figured out how to
do a digital
oneshot or digital PLL then it got real cheap.
Allison
The only thing about those days that I remember really clearly is that while
buggering both the boss' wife and his three daughters probably wouldn't get
you fired, using a one-shot certainly would. Not only that, but it would
ensure you never work again. IMHO, saying "a good design with one-shots" is
like saying "a light, bright shade of black." One shots are used to cover
up what you don't know how to do correctly.
Dick