Subject: Re: Shift Registers as Delay Lines (was Delay lines in TV sets) From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:18:57 -0500 To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.org> On Dec 18, 2007, at 5:03 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote: >> MOS shift registers of lengths greater than a few bits are very late >> 60s (after 67 or so). By early 70s parts 1024 long ere not uncommon. > > I think I have a couple of old SAD1024 MOS shift registers from when I > was collecting deeply discounted items from the local Radio Shack > "Manager's Table" as a kid. > > I had thought one day to make the audio echo/delay circuit I think I > saw in an old Forrest Mims circuit book, but a solid-state acoustic > delay line emulator sounds like a much cooler place to put them.

I remember that project, in the "Engineer's Notebook" book. I wanted to build it too, but I never quite managed to amass all the parts. (back then, of course) -Dave -- Dave McGuire Port Charlotte, FL Farewell Ophelia, 9/22/1991 - 7/25/2007