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Re: Various Accelerators



  To: Michael J. Mahon
On 9/2/08 2:47 AM, in article 7qKdnQ0NFasUciHVnZ2dnUVZ_rjinZ2d@comcast.com,
"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> The early ones (I think the first 8MHz production run) suffered from
> unreliable cache SRAMs *inside* the potting, and thus fatal.  An 8MHz
> Zip Chip that still works is almost certainly not one of this lot.  ;-)

I have a couple of both, that still work. I'd just say you're less likely to
fatalities with the external cache version... easily identified by the tiny
bubble or blister on the bottom of the ZipChip.