On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 13:24:08 -0600
"Randy McLaughlin" <randy_at_s100-manuals.com> wrote:
> It's funny to have a good discussion based on projects published over
> 30 years ago.
>
> For the OP, modifying the original project to use currently available
> devices, especially if you use devices that were contemporaneous seems
> OK to me. I would not be surprised if people used 7404's or 7406's to
> build some of these projects when they first came out.
>
> I would be curious to know the reasoning of using RTL chips when TTL
> chips were available considering they are driven out of spec, maybe
> Don was just more comfortable with them or that is what he had laying
> around.
>
>
> Randy
>
>
Don Lancaster is still online, so if anybody wants, they could ask him
directly, by emailing. He also has a phone-for-any-question kind of
thing set up, with a published number you can call.
His website is
http://www.tinaja.com
He appears to be mostly into non-electronic stuff these days. A lot of
eBay marketing.
-Scott
Received on Fri Jan 07 2005 - 21:30:29 GMT