On 1/5/2021 12:20 AM, Gerrit Heitsch wrote: > On 1/4/21 11:53 PM, smf wrote: >> >> On 03/01/2021 21:04, Francesco Messineo wrote: >>> Then it's a miracle that the 8500 works as intended :) >> >> It's a miracle any of their chips worked. >> >> https://github.com/mist64/cbmsrc/blob/2ae94f84af9162b38a925de2ba061d991f565f4d/EDITOR_C128/ed2.src#L272 > > > Well, it's a semiconductor, so semi-functional is to be expected. ;) > > But seriously, the VDC is an exception, their other chips worked quite > well. > > Gerrit > > > I would agree with Gerrit on this. I think the rest of the ICs were well done. As a hardware designer, I have absolutely no idea what the IC designer of the VDC was thinking. I've heard a dozen variations on the story, and none of them make any sense from the IC design point of view. I hope that person never designed anything else in the IC industry. Jim -- Jim Brain brain_at_jbrain.com www.jbrain.comReceived on 2021-01-05 09:00:02
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