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From: murray@sun13.scri.fsu.edu (John Murray)
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Subject: Re: Chip listings
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Date: 3 Jan 91 08:18:17 GMT
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In article <1991Jan3.060821.10632@nntp-server.caltech.edu> josephc@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Joseph I. Chiu) writes:
>mfrohman@digi.lonestar.org (Matthew Frohman) writes:
>
>>Could someone please tell me the name of a book (or place to find one)
>>that lists chips by number, describing their purpose?
>
>Call up a sales office for the chip makers (usually, there's one for sure in
>the Silicon Valley area - just say Cupertino or Sunneyvale or something like
>that when calling the information [Santa Clara, too]) and ask for a Data
>Handbook for the family of interest (7400's 4000's, you name it...).  Many
>companies are usually happy to send you a data book.

Of course, that won't get you a general list of "Gee, I wonder what this chip
labeled xxxx##xxx####-xxx does?" As I mentioned to Matthew in email, the
IC Master is the thing for that (at it's price, it had better be!)

Does anyone know of any publications that does the random-black-box
identification nearly as well as the IC Master, but that might be had for,
say, 1/5th to 1/10th the price?

>josephc@coil.caltech.edu

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