On May 6, 14:20, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> Now I'm really confused, Joe. Thanks for stirring the coals, though.
>
> I can't find any Intel memory data before '82, and by that time they were
on
> 5-volt-only EPROMs all the way. The brocheure I'm thinking of, with
respect
> to that 8748 evaluation board, has the "it's a 5-volt world" slogan that
Intel
> liked to use in promoting the 2716 back then, but I'll find the '78 8748
book
> eventually, since I just looked at it yesterday.
> > >I do believe you've misread part of the spec's, Joe. The 8708, IIRC,
is a
> > >5-volt-only version of the 2708, otherwise masqueraded as the 2758.
I hate to disappoint you, Dick, but my Intel 1979 Data Book lists the 2708
and 8708 on the same page, with the note "All 8708 specifications are
identical to the 2708 specifications", and then proceeds to describes all
he characteristics of a standard 3-rail EPROM. The 1976 book i referred to
earlier does list them in separate sections, but I don't see any
significant difference in characteristics, not even in input voltage range.
I think you're confusing it with the 2758, which the same catalog shows
right after the 2716, identical in all respects except that the 2758 has
A(R) on pin 19 instead of A10. A(R) has to be low for all device access,
even "standby" mode, except in the case of -S1865, when it has to be high.
It would appear that the 2758 is in fact a one-half-working 2716.
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