Newsgroups: sci.electronics
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: "Name These Chips"
Message-ID: <1990Oct5.152413.24200@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <3129@lll-lcc.UUCP> <9689@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> <4083@kitty.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 90 15:24:13 GMT

In article <4083@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
>> Intel D3002        - 4 bit Microprocessor Slice (ALU) 
>
>	That's probably what it is.

Amazing, a chance to catch Larry out on something! :-)  It's a *two*-bit
microprocessor slice.  Intel decided that having more buses on a small
package was worth doubling the number of chips for a given system.  The
market generally disagreed and those chips weren't too successful.
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