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In article <92254.103444LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
>A trademark identifies a line of products so that it won't be confused
>with something similar.  I mean is there any difference between
>
>  PAL16V8     (one-time programmable, fuse based, AMD)
>  GAL16V8     (EEPROM based, erasable, Lattice)
>  ispGAL16V8  (EEPROM based, but with 4 extra pins for in system
>               programming, Lattice)

Indeed, PAL is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices. So if TI
sells a PAL and it's not exactly (programming and otherwise)
identical to the AMD PAL, what does that mean?

>I can't just go into a store and ask for 16V8 and expect the product

Given your expectations, no. But you can't ask for a 16R4 and get
a generic product either. You can't ask for a 4 meg EPROM and get
a generic product. You can't even ask for a 1 meg DRAM and get
a generic product.

The problem is, you don't understand what GAL means, or what 16V8
means.

>I wanted.  On the other hand I did specify GAL16V8 and got PALCE16V8.
>I could have asked my Credit Card company to cancel payment as I
>didn't get what I specified.  a Cyrus 486 is the same as an Intel 486?

Yes, you did get what you specified, you just didn't specify
what you wanted.

>GAL(TM) stands for Generic Array Logic.  Trademarked by Lattice and

But what does it MEAN? Until you understand, you are going to
keep getting in trouble like this.

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