Re: ECL logic computers ?

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1991 17:22

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In article <7183@gara.une.oz.au> rbennet1@gara.une.oz.au (Robert Bennetts) writes:
>    can anybody out there tell me why ECL logic is not used to construct
>computers ...

It is.  It's expensive, and needs lots of power and lots of cooling, so
you don't see it in workstations except for a chip or two to drive
monochrome hi-res video systems.  In large servers and mainframes it is
not uncommon.

(As John Mashey has commented, a desktop ECL box would need no desk space,
because it could hover above the desk on its cooling fans.)
-- 
"We're thinking about upgrading from    | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
SunOS 4.1.1 to SunOS 3.5."              |  henry@zoo.toronto.edu  utzoo!henry

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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: ECL logic computers ?
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