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In article <1990Feb9.214647.22868@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu>, toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:

> elliott@optilink.UUCP (Paul Elliott x225) writes:
> >If anyone out there knows of an EP310-equivalent functionality part in a SMT
> >package, let me know.  Even a low-power CMOS 16L8/16R8 would be nice.

> I know this is obvious, but haven't you asked your supplier?
> Almost everything from TI with 40 pins or less is available in DIP and SMT,
> because TI is committed to both package types and the advantages of each.

Admittedly, I do occasionally overlook the obvious, but in this case, I _did_
call TI about the CMOS 16R8 in SMT.  I had to wait two days for someone to
call me back, then had to give the person on the other end of the phone line
a brief education on how CMOS PALs were different from bipolar and ECL PALs 
(and were different from PROMs, etc).  

I could have given the problem to our purchasing or component engineering 
staff, but the problem resolved itself when I decided to pull the function in 
question inside the gate array I was doing.

So, I remain ignorant on the availability of _small_ SMT CMOS PALs, and, 
lacking an immediate requirement for them don't plan to try very hard to
rectify that.  (Asking on the net is doesn't qualify as "very hard" :-)



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