THE APOLLO AGC FLIGHT COMPUTER WAS THE FIRST COMPUTER TO USE ICs
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THANKS TO JOHN PULTORAK - YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN WORKING REPLICA ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL |
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ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND SOFTWARE NEEDED 9 PDF FILES (APPROX 45MB TOTAL) |
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THE FIRST COMMERCIAL PRODUCT TO USE AN IC WAS THE ZENITH ARCADIA HEARING AID |
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DATE CODES - YMM (510 = 10th WEEK 1965) OR YYMM (6615 = 15th WEEK 1966) OR RARELY MMYY (2067 = 20th WEEK 1967) |
FLATPACK TO PACKAGE DESIGNATIONS - |
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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INTRODUCED THE FIRST SERIES OF ICs IN 1961 - THE 51 SERIES THE SN510 AND SN514 WERE THE FIRST INTEGRATED CIRCUITS TO ORBIT THE EARTH - IMP SATELLITE 1963 |
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TI PRODUCED A SPECIAL SERIES OF RADIATION HARDENED CIRCUITS DESIGNATED "RSN" DESIGNED AND FABRICATED FOR OPERATION AND SURVIVABILITY IN NUCLEAR-RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS |
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TI CREATED EXPERIMENTAL CIRCUITS DESIGNATED "X" or "SNX" USED IN - R&D / TESTING / PRODUCTION |
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TI PRODUCED A SEVERE ENVIRONMENT SERIES OF CIRCUITS DESIGNATED "SNR" FOR SEVERE ENVIRONMENT MILITARY AND AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS |
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IN 1960 ROBERT NOYCE CO-FOUNDER OF FAIRCHILD - CREATED THE FIRST PLANAR CIRCUIT
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IN JUNE OF 1964 FAIRCHILD INTRODUCED THE DIODE-TRANSISTOR LOGIC (DTL) 930 SERIES
THE SERIES BECAME THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR DTL ICs |
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INDIVDIDUAL CIRCUITS COULD BE ORDERED ATTACHED TO BOARDS TO ALLOW FOR SIMPLE BREADBOARDING |
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FLAT PACKS WERE ALSO AVAILABLE PRE-TINNED A HEAT SOURCE APPLIED TO THE TIN SOLDER WOULD ATTACH THE IC |
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IN 1963 SYLVANIA INTRODUCED THE FIRST COMMERCIALY AVAILABLE TRANSISTOR-TRANSISTOR LOGIC (TTL) LINE
DESIGNED AS A LOGIC BUILDING BLOCK FAMILY - SYLVANIA UNIVERSAL HIGH-LEVEL LOGIC (SUHL) DESIGNATED SG SF or SM |
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CONTROL DATA CORP (CDC) WAS FOUNDED IN 1957 CDC MADE THE FASTEST SUPERCOMPUTERS OF THE 1960s (CDC 6000 FAMILY) CDCs DIRECTOR (1958-65) AND PRESIDENT (1965-72) WAS SEYMOUR CRAY - WHO LEFT IN 1972 TO FORM CRAY RESEARCH |
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IN NOV 1965 CDC ANNOUNCED THE 3300 & 3500 COMPUTER SYSTEMS - THE COMPUTER OFFERED A NEW TYPE OF TIME-SHARING USERS COULD SHARE THE SYSTEM - BUT VIEW IT AS IF IT WERE THEIRS EXCLUSIVELY - THE 3500 SYSTEM FEATURED CDCs NEWLY DESIGNED INTEBRID CIRCUIT |
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MOTOROLA CREATED EXPERIMENTAL CHIPS FOR DESIGNERS AND TESTERS DESIGNATED WITH AN "E" AFTER THE DEVICE TYPE CODE SC"E" - MC"E" |
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ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL MERGED WITH COLLINS RADIO COMPANY IN 1971 |
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THE TWO VERSIONS OF THE CHIPS TO THE RIGHT ARE IDENTICAL EXCEPT FOR THEIR LOGOS - LIKELY MADE POST MERGER BUT PRE COMBINED LOGO THE COLLINS NAME/LOGO WAS USED UNTIL 1972 |
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COMPUTER CONTROL COMPANY (3C) WAS FOUNDED BY A GROUP OF EX-RATHEON ENGINEERS IN 1953 THEY WERE A VERY EARLY PRODUCER OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR THEIR DDP COMPUTER SERIES |
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3Cs DDP-516 COMPUTER WAS INTRODUCED IN 1966 IT USED 3C FLATPACK ICs IN ITS MEMORY MODULES |
DDP516 FLATPACKS |
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RCA INTRODUCED THE FIRST CMOS LOGIC FAMILY (CD4000 SERIES) IN 1968 - THESE ARE VERY EARLY FLATPACK VERSIONS |