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From: alfter@uns-helios.nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: ASIC and Transwarp
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Date: 8 Oct 90 04:17:15 GMT
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In article <5Hkmq1w163w@bluemoon.UUCP> bbs@bluemoon.UUCP (BBS login) writes:
>BTW, let's stop calling ASIC's 65816 clone "the ASIC".  ASIC is a generic 
>acronym for "Application Specific Integrated Circuit".  Almost any board 
>which has custom chips on it uses ASICs.  ASIC Enterprises picked a lousy 
>name for their company, IMHO, since their 65816 clone will not be 
>application-specific at all.

Yeah--even my IIe uses ASICs (the MMU and IOU, if you're wondering.) :-)

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