Altair parts substitutions

From: James Willing <jimw_at_agora.rdrop.com>
Date: Mon May 22 11:21:57 2000

On Mon, 22 May 2000, Cini, Richard wrote:

> It's that time of year again, when I think about designing an Altair/IMSAI
> work-alike. Now that I have the ability to generate schematics/layouts, I
> may actually try it.
>
> Anyway, some parts have become scarce, so I would have to use substitutes.
> For example, Jameco no longer carries the 8T97 buffer/driver. As I recall
> the 8T97 is an LS373 without the inverter on the gate *and* is faster and
> has a higher drive current. I've heard that the MC6887 is a sub, but I can't
> find a datasheet on it.

Ummm... has the T.I. 74LS367 gone extinct? We always used that as an
'exact match' sub. Same for the 74LS368 as a EM sub for the 8T98...

Many (most?) S-100 boards/kits/etc. used these parts interchangeably.

-jim
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