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From: chuck@mitlns.mit.edu
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Subject: Re: PAL's vs gates
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Date: 30 Jan 90 01:46:53 GMT
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In article <358@poppy.warwick.ac.uk>, phupp@warwick.ac.uk (S Millington) writes...
> 
    I too am a budding pal user. Most of my designs require low cost and
low power. I note that the standard PALs are available from JDR for
$2.50-$5.00, which is in my range.  But these chew up 30-50ma.  Are there
any fully static cmos chips available? I.e. << 1ma when not switching?
Any that are cheap and readily available?

    Particularly nice would be one that could handle demultiplexing a bus
and decoding simultaneously (standard 8 bit data/address). This would require
a lot of pins, say 12 input and 12 output, but hey, why not ask for the moon?


					Chuck Parsons
					CHUCK@MITLNS.MIT.EDU