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From: kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard)
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Subject: Re: Info needed: AMD 80C287 chip
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Date: 5 Nov 90 16:49:59 GMT
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In article <43947@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Shawn E Thompson) writes:
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>you DO realize that the 80CX87 series chips are
>"COMPACT" -87's (for laptops, etc.) , right??
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>ST
You have got to be joking.  COMPACT???????????? more like CMOS


The 80CX87
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      CMOS technology not standard TTL but still compatible  because it
      has TTL output voltage levels.   CMOS consumes less power than
      standard TTL.  If you look at most chips these days they are using
      CMOS components with TTL signal levels (in/out).  They put the
      CMOS to TTL interface (signal level conversion) in the IC. These
      chips will work in all systems.  It just so happens that they will
      also work in laptops, etc because they consume LESS power.  Less
      power consumption in a laptop means longer battery life.


                                  Kent.
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