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Re: active high TTL decoders?

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From: larry
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1987 15:36
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In article <7558@utzoo.UUCP>, henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
> > [Discussion about PAL's...]
> 
> ... I won't even mention bozos
> like Altera that make wonderful-sounding chips -- big arrays of logic, CMOS
> so the power is manageable, fast, and UV erasable -- but package them as a
> "pig in a poke" deal with their own CAD software and their own programming
> hardware...

	At least the Altera CAD software like Alterans (tm) and LogicMap (tm)
runs on under MS-DOS on a simple PC.  The Altera programmer also plugs into
the PC, occupying one full slot.
	I have seen worse over the years - like design software which only
runs on a VAX, or on a $ 25K development system.

<>  Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, New York
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From: larry@kitty.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: active high TTL decoders?
Message-ID: <1563@kitty.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-Jan-87 10:36:26 EST
Article-I.D.: kitty.1563
Posted: Mon Jan 26 10:36:26 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 27-Jan-87 19:23:39 EST
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Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY
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Keywords: ICs
Summary: The CAD software could be worse...