Oops!
I forgot one thing. You can put several RTL outputs in
parallel as a wired AND. You can't do that with the
general CMOS or TTL. You'd need to look out for this.
Does anyone have a source for DTL parts. There are
a could I've been looking for.
Dwight
From: "Cini, Richard"
<RCini(a)congressfinancial.com>
OK, this might sound like a stupid question, but being somewhat ignorant of
RTL logic in comparison to TTL and other designs, what, if anything, can be
substituted for RTL logic chips?
For example, if I wanted to build one of Don's devices and I wasn't
concerned with using "vintage" chips, could I do it "plug-and-play"
using
current TTL?
Rich
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[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Michael Holley
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 12:08 AM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: RTL Logic
I have acquired some Don Lancaster designs that use RTL logic and I am
looking for spare parts. The MC789 hex inverter is used in all of them and I
have 2 chips. Does anyone have a reasonable source for the MC789, I can get
all I want for $20 a chip.
I also have 2 MC799 buffers that are use in the Microlab. I have found two
each of these (MC725, MC778, MC785, MC792, MC853, MC855) that I will part
with.
SWTPC Digital Logic Microlab
http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/PopularElectronics/Apr1970/PE_Apr1970.htm
Early SWTPC keyboard
http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/PopularElectronics/Apr1974/PE_Apr1974.htm
I think that Don Lancaster's TIC TAC TOE machine from 1971 is a very clever
design. It uses 5 ICs and 60 diodes to play the game. I may build one.
http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/RadioElectronics/Dec1971/RE_Dec1971.htm
Michael Holley
www.swtpc.com/mholley