Re: More on the CV RAM card

[Marsha Jackson <menacechgo@aol.com>]

Stingray wrote:

> Marsha Jackson wrote:
> >
> > What numbers are on the surface mount chips?  I would guess that the sockets
> > would be for simmilar chips in DIP packaging.
> >
>

Steve wrote

> Actually the sockets are physically larger than the chips that are soldered
> inboard.
>

If you've ever compared surface mount TTL chips to their DIP counterparts you'll
see that they too are usually smaller than the DIP size... i.e. if you've looking
in the top of an EPROM you can see the whole chip in the window, and then it has
wires that radiate way out (relatively) to the pins that plug into the board.

Marsha