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From: pepke@gw.scri.fsu.edu (Eric Pepke)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Game Arbitration Circuit
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Date: 6 Dec 90 16:25:12 GMT
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In article <1310039@hpcilzb.HP.COM> denny@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Trueman Denny) 
writes:
> I have a friend who wants to build a arbitration circuit as part of a 
high
> school project.  Basically all it does is determine who presses a button 
> first just like in Jeopardy.  Does a commodity IC exist that performs 
this
> function?

When I was a kid, my father never gave me complete circuits, just hints.  
It was a lot more fun, and it was much more educational.  As I had to 
solve the same exact problem during high school, here's a hint:

Yes, there exists a commodity IC which does this.  It's called a dual J-K 
flip-flop with clear.

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