4004 and IC history / was Re: Vintage computer photogallery

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Saturday 13 October 2007 19:50, William Donzelli wrote:
>  > And what's funny is that there now seems to be some stuff out there
>  > that's offering as simple as single gates in a small surface-mount
>  > package. 
>
> 20? years ago, TI offered a few 74xx series parts in 8 pin DIPs - dual
> gates and such. They bombed.

I've never heard of these nor seen any reference to them.  How did they number 
those parts?  Sounds like it might make a worthwhile addition to the parts 
pages...

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