74123... What's it do?

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Sat Jul 10 21:37:05 1999

<If you work for many companies and use one in a circuit, you will be fired
<without further ado. That was SOP at Martin Marietta when I was there. I
<even saw a manager back a guy into a corner to get him to save everyone th
<embarassment and just quit.

I would have gone for nothing less that total public humiliation.

<There is no justification for using such a device with today's circuitry,

MITS and IMSAI lived... and died by them. Myself they are ok for
non-critical timing. Unfortunately they were often used in critical
circuits, shame as there were parts that could be used for critical
timing but 7412X was not it!!

Allison
Received on Sat Jul 10 1999 - 21:37:05 BST