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okidoki73
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 Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 3:41 pm Post subject: wdc and chips++ |
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i wonder about this manufactors....
chips
wdc
vlsi
they are all big in chips but havent they made any cpu,fpu or mcu becouse i cant find any info saying? |
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fRaSsL
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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Chips = Chips & Technologies (they made the famous Super 386 and Super Math)
WDC = Western Digital
VLSI = VLSI 
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okidoki73
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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its not the first time i feel stupid,just open my eyes and the answer is there 
but:vlsi=vlsi....just a bunce of what?  |
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Elar
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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There is another WDC - Western Design Center. They make 65C02, 65C816 and microcontrollers based on them.
http://www.westerndesigncenter.com/ |
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okidoki73
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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sitting her whit a wdc...dont now who of them it,the print say:
(c)wdc`83
wd1010a-pl
05-05 8535
and my other wdc is almost alike or all have the WD in front of the numbers and so on |
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Elar
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| okidoki73 wrote: | sitting her whit a wdc...dont now who of them it,the print say:
(c)wdc`83
wd1010a-pl
05-05 8535
and my other wdc is almost alike or all have the WD in front of the numbers and so on |
This is Western Digital's MFM hard disk controller. Was used on original IBM PC/AT FDD/HDD adapter. |
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okidoki73
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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then if the rest of them have the same printing,difrent number its western digital i will belive.
thanx for the info |
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gshv
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 4:58 pm Post subject: Re: wdc and chips++ |
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| okidoki73 wrote: | i wonder about this manufactors....
chips |
Chips and Technologies was acquired by Intel 6 or 7 years ago.
Genna |
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CPUShack
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