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Subject: Re: Where does the "16 SECTOR" message come from?
From: "Alex Freed" <alexf@mirrow.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:55:23 -0800
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message 
FeadnVKRtJCP1EbYnZ2dnUVZ_rjinZ2d@comcast.com">news:FeadnVKRtJCP1EbYnZ2dnUVZ_rjinZ2d@comcast.com...
>
> Actually, the 2708 was a 1K EPROM, but they were never as popular
> as the 2716, so often 2716s were both more readily available at
> the same or lower cost.
>

Right. And the main reason was that  the 2708 needed 3 voltages to operate:
+5, +12 and -5 volts. Same as 8080 CPU.

As a side remark the cheapest EPROM in 2007 are 27C256 and 27C512.
For that reason I use them for PseudoDisk.

-Alex.

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