On Thursday 23 August 2007 22:21, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 23 Aug 2007 at 17:20, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
Zilog
Z8442BPS
Serial I/O controller
Zilog Z8430BPS
Counter timer circuit
It's been a long time--but didn't the "vintage" chips have legends
such as "Z80-SIO" and "Z80-CTC" as well as "Z80-CPU"? I
liked that
convention--didn't leave much to the "I wonder what the heck this
chip does" mindset.
Some of the ones I have on hand do both.
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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