Altair parts substitutions

From: allisonp <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Wed May 24 16:44:22 2000

> 3205's were part of the 3000 series bit slice family.
>I don't know when they started these but I think it
>was before MDS800's because they used 3001/3002's in
>the floppy disk controller for these. This puts them in
>at least the 8080 or 8008 time frame someplace. Maybe
>even earlier.


Yep. Also the 300x was used to proto the 8080, or so the
story goes. I'd seen a 300x based 8080 (ran at 4mhz then)
once.

Allison
Received on Wed May 24 2000 - 16:44:22 BST