Very interesting. The data sheet even admits to the fact that it "employs the same
masks and higly reliable production-proven 2-layer plysilicon NMOS technology as the
MM5290".
This explains the strangeness with the -A and -B variants of the chip, and how the
NorthStar memory board can use either -A or -B by changing a jumper (but you can't mix
both on the same board).
It also appears that the MM5290 is much more common as NOS than the MM5298.
Thanks!
Ian
On Aug 3, 2014, at 5:29 AM, Dave G4UGM <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:
There is a datasheet here for the MM5298 familiy:-
http://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/view/148601/NSC/MM5298.html
Looks like these chips are really MM5290 (16K) which are half faulty. From
what I remember the "N" denotes plastic packaging. I suspect you can
substitute the MM5290 which are available here:-
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251002386694
at a reasonable price, in the right speed variant...
Dave
G4UGM
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Subject: DRAM memory for NorthStar Horizon
Hello All,
Does anyone have an old National Semiconductor memory data book lying
around? I have found the problem with my second 32k memory board - 3 bad
DRAM chips. This board is populated with MM5298N-3B chips. I can't find an
online data sheet that talks about the speed grade (I'm assuming that's what
the 3 is referring to). The manual for the board (
http://www.hartetechnologies.com/manuals/Northstar/NorthStar%2032k%20RAM-32-
A.pdf ) says that the RAM is 200ns access time. I can find a source for
MM5298N-4B chips, but I don't know if the 4B is still fast enough. I'll
replace the entire bank of 9 chips at the same time so that they are
matched.
Thanks for any assistance.
Ian
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