Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: MAX-232 chip info wanted
Message-ID: <1989Feb17.171200.4412@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <939@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU> <1989Feb14.163116.16322@utzoo.uucp> <1702@ssc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 89 17:12:00 GMT

In article <1702@ssc.UUCP> markz@ssc.UUCP (Mark Zenier) writes:
>> The part number is MAX-232, just like it says.  It's made by Maxim; don't
>> expect to find it in databooks from anyone else yet.
>
>It's in the 1987 GE/intersil book (page 11-36) marked Preliminary.

Of course, we all know that "Preliminary" means anything from "we've
been making this thing for years but we still reserve the right to
change the data sheet without warning" to "we're thinking about making
this thing, if we get enough interest". :-)

More seriously, yup, I was wrong, second sources have started to appear.
Wish Intersil would send me a current databook...
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