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From: markf@amc.UUCP (Mark Freeman)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: RCA 1802 (was: PC history)
Summary: 1801 did exist
Keywords: history, pc, RCA, 1802
Message-ID: <719@amc.UUCP>
Date: 4 Aug 88 16:19:18 GMT
References: <5458@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> <1876@looking.UUCP> <753@applix.UUCP> <3884@sequent.UUCP>
Organization: Applied Microsystems Corp.; Redmond, WA
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In article <3884@sequent.UUCP>, jjb@sequent.UUCP (Jeff Bob Berkowitz) writes:
>                                                                          RCA
> data books from that era listed an earlier device, the 1801, which was split
> across two chips.  Was the 1801 ever produced?

Yes -- I recall using one of the two chips (the register chip) in some
experimental circuit.  The 1802 came out shortly thereafter, and I threw it
out.

-- 
				Mark S. Freeman
				Applied Microsystems Corp.
				markf@amc