Are you sure the 6550 is dead? (was: Mos Technology RAM wanted)

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Wed Mar 22 19:04:48 2000

On Mar 22, 23:56, Tony Duell wrote:

> You _honestly_ think that a 22V10 (or whatever) is simpler, cheaper, and
> easier to use than a couple of 74LS20s? You know, a 22V10 has 24 pins,
> and the 2 74LS20s have 28. That's only 4 more pins to solder. And there's
> no requirement to program a chip if you use the '20s.

No, but I can make more choices with the 22V10 -- I want to be able to
switch ROM sets (between the original on the motherboard and possibly two
on the expansion) and RAM sizes and that would need a little more effort
with the TTL, because I want to *replace* the 74154, not add to it.


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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Dept. of Computer Science
						University of York
Received on Wed Mar 22 2000 - 19:04:48 GMT

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