Chuck Guzis wrote:
The confusing thing about DTL part numbers is how they're
"shoehorned" within the RTL part number scheme. So, a 928 is RTL,
but a 930 is DTL; A similar situation exists with the 9000 numbers.
9931 is DTL, 9989 is RTL.
Yes, I think you can blame Fairchild for that, CTL (and CuL) series are
also mixed in there to add to the confusion.
(And the 958 ambiguity in the earlier lists.)
A point of curiosity that I have is what was the
highest level of
integration achieved before DTL was relegated to the "obsolescent"
bin? I have a couple of Fairchild addressable 8-bit memories; was
there anything more elaborate? A full adder, perhaps?
Would that be an 1128? The Fairchild 1966 IC catalog shows 1128 as an
8-bit DTL memory, along with the 6-bit DTL 9030 (and a 16-bit TTL-class).
I can't think of any other MSI DTL, however for RTL-class the most
complex I've seen are the Fairchild CuL (Counter MicroLogic):
958 decade counter
959 4-bit latch
960 decimal decoder nixie driver
989 4-bit binary counter
which would be MSI-level devices.