Identifying a Motolora chip - MC14544?

From: Mike van Bokhoven <mike_at_ambientdesign.com>
Date: Mon Feb 24 13:22:51 2003

Hi all,

Re a replacement for the Motorola modem IC, try here:

http://www.aeri.com/

Apparently they have 15 available.

AER seem to be able to track down pretty much anything, though price is
another matter. Still, could be worth checking for those really odd parts.

It's also interesting to hear that cows on the runway isn't only a New
Zealand phenomenon...


Mike.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ethan Dicks" <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: Identifying a Motolora chip - MC14544?


> --- JP Hindin <jplist_at_kiwigeek.com> wrote:
> > Howdy folks;
> >
> > I'm trying to identify a Motorola chip for my father - his guess is a
300
> > baud modem...
>
> Give that man a prize!
>
> I found some PDF files in the Motorola Historical Archives...
>
> http://merchant.hibbertco.com/fs22/deact/fs11/motorola/MC145442_REV0.PDF
>
>
http://merchant.hibbertco.com/fs22/deact/fs22/pdf-docs/motorola/mc145442b.re
v0.pdf
>
> http://merchant.hibbertco.com/fs22/deact/fs11/motorola/MC145444_REV1.PDF
>
> I think there's some more digits that he didn't give you that nail
> down exactly _which_ rev.
>
> I have *no* idea where you are going to find a replacement.
>
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated; Particularly since the people
that
> > own the property have sold off the end of the strip to a local farmer
who
> > keeps cows there... And the other pilots are a bit too soft to leap the
> > fence and wander through a herd of cattle in the middle of the night
just
> > to turn on the lamps...
>
> I've been to a strip in NW Ohio, Fremont, that has a grass strip butting
> into a narrow asphalt strip in a Tee shape... the State airport guide
> warns that cows may be present on the grass runway and to perform a
> flyover before attempting a landing there.
>
> -ethan
Received on Mon Feb 24 2003 - 13:22:51 GMT

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