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[Chuck Guzis]

On 4 Sep 2007 at 22:41, Ethan Dicks wrote:

> GALs and PALs are similar devices, with a few key differences... PALs
> are bipolar devices, and are programmable once.  GALs are made of
> newer technologies, like FLASH or EAROMs, thus can be erased and
> reprogrammed a number of times.  

...and all of the relatives, such as EPLD and PEEL. Out of vogue 
today, but really cool when they first came out--and a foreshadowing 
of FPGAs and CPLD.  Still can be very handy for fitting a medium-
hairy functionality into a 20-pin DIP.

Cheers,
Chuck