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From: stevew@nsc.nsc.com (Steve Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: History of PCs
Keywords: history, pc, workstation
Message-ID: <5491@nsc.nsc.com>
Date: 8 Aug 88 16:04:20 GMT
References: <5946@venera.isi.edu> <5458@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> <1876@looking.UUCP> <17589@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> <668@stcns3.stc.oz>
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Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale
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Another comment on the COSMAC.  As I recall (memory dims with old age!)
the 1802 was fabbed with RCA's SOS (Silicon On Saphire) technology which
is where the rad hard feature of the 1802 used in space type applications
really came from. 

Steve Wilson (alias KA6S)
National Semiconductor