TIL311s - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

4 Jan 2003

4-Jan-04

Plenty of TIL311 ICs on hand (one of my favorites!), but a bit different
...
 from the 306/307s you seek. I have the 311
datasheets if you care to investigate the necessary
'tanslation' work.

BR/EC

Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 17:00:23
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
From: Joe &lt;rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com&gt;
Subject: Re: substitute for TI TIL306/307 Display?
Reply-To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org

At 06:01 PM 1/1/03 -0600, you wrote:
...
 On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, Joe wrote:
  At 10:51 PM 12/31/02 -0600, you wrote:
 On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Joe wrote:

  Does anyone know of another display that can be
substituted for the
 TIL 306/307? Here is a data sheet for the 306/307 in case you have a
 question about it, <www.alltronics.com/download/TIL306.pdf>. 
 I don't know of an exact replacement offhand, but I thought these were
 still in production? 
 Are they? I think mine are about 25 years old.  FWIW I went looking for
 some at a large local surplus store and found one that I think is
 prototype. It's built out of clear material instead of red and is marked
 TIXL306 and is date coded 7204 (almost 31 years old!).  I went through
 several boxs and THOUSANDs of displays and only found one standard 306
 and the one prototype.

  How many of these displays are you looking for? I
believe I still have
 a few in my parts bin... 
 In addition to the one that I found in the store I need three of them.
 Mine were in sockets and the dissimilar metal corrosion has eaten off at
 least one leg off of each of mine. 
Oops, I have TIL311s, not the 306. I was thinking that the 311s were still
in production. I guess the 311 with a built-in BCD controller must still
be useful in current products. 
   The 306/307s also have built in BCD decoders. I've been trying to find a
data sheet on the 311 so that I can see what the difference is between it
and the 306/307.