[GreenKeys] The last of the Pasco 35 ASR photos .. for a while

Chris Elmquist chrise at pobox.com
Tue Aug 11 11:08:00 EDT 2015


On Tuesday (08/11/2015 at 07:49AM -0700), Gil Smith wrote:
>    Hey Ed.  I have never run across CTL.  Interesting -- bipolar version
>    of CMOS.  Still learning new things

Indeed.  Very interesting history there.  I also found a little more detail
here,

http://users.monash.edu.au/~ralphk/CTUL.html

Chris

>    -------- Original Message --------
>    Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] The last of the Pasco 35 ASR photos .. for a
>    while
>    From: [2]COURYHOUSE at aol.com
>    Date: Mon, August 10, 2015 10:36 pm
>    To: [3]COURYHOUSE at aol.com, [4]gil at baudot.net, [5]chrise at pobox.com,
>    [6]pete at petelancashire.com
>    Cc: [7]GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
>    Gil and others
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>    These  2 are pretty  good  history  refs.
>    I was pretty  lucky  I had a good stash of
>    some of the CTL that was used  in the
>    HP-2000 series boards  we had  to deal with..
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>    The only ones  We have now are in the HP Mini computers
>    in  the museum' collection.. I would love to re-launch  our dual
>    processor
>    HP-2000 F/ACCESS system ... maybe  someday....
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>    CTL is  some of the grandpa  ICs!
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>    Ed Sharpe-   [8]www.smecc.org
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> [9]HP 21xx - CTµL ICs
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>    [10]www.cs.ubc.ca/~hilpert/e/.../CTL.html
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>    University of British Columbia
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>    Fairchild CTµL (Complementary Transistor MicroLogic) was one of the
>    first IC logic families, dating from the mid-1960s, and is a form of
>    non-saturating, ...
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> [12]1965 - Mainframe Computers Employ ICs - The Silicon ...
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>    [13]www.computerhistory.org/.../1965-Custom.ht...
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>    Burroughs engineers cooperated with Robert Seeds at Fairchild to
>    develop a Complementary Transistor Logic (CTL) family that also powered
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>    In a message dated 8/10/2015 10:05:12 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
>    [16]greenkeys at mailman.qth.net writes:
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>    Here we go  folks...
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>    The  HP 2116 and other 2000 series  mini computer  sued some of this
>    stuff.
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>    Complementary Transistor Logic (CTL)
>    A form bipolar digital integrated circuit that uses npn and pnp
>    transistors to achieve fast switching speed.
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>    here  are  some  google references   on it.
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> [17]Bipolar Complementary Transistor Logic (CTL) - IEEE Xplore
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>    [18]ieeexplore.ieee.org/.../article...
>    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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>    IEEE TERMS. Bipolar transistor circuits; CMOS analog integrated
>    circuits; CMOS logic circuits; Capacitance; Inverters; Logic circuits;
>    Regulators; Resistors ...
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> [19]Complementary Transistor Logic (ctl) Patents (Class 326 ...
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>    [20]patents.justia.com/patents-by-us-classification/326/129
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>    Search and research Complementary transistor logic (CTL) 326/129
>    patents for free on [22]Justia.com.
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> [23]Bipolar Complementary Transistor Logic (CTL)
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>    [24]www.researchgate.net/.../241128711_Bipolar_Complementar...
>    ResearchGate
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>    Bipolar Complementary Transistor Logic (CTL) on ResearchGate, the
>    professional network for scientists.
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> [25]Electrical and Electronics Reference Manual for the ...
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>    [26]https://books.google.com/books?isbn=159126166X
>    [27]John A. Camara, PE - 2010 - âTechnology & Engineering
>    LOGIC FAMILIES inverter v c Q1 (PMOS) +VDD âVDD or float switch
>    terminals ... semiconductor (CMOS), also known as complementary
>    transistor logic (CTL), ...
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> [28]Logic Designer's Handbook: Circuits and Systems
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>    [29]https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1483292800
>    [30]E. A. Parr - 2013 - âTechnology & Engineering
>    2.4 Complementary Transistor Logic (CTL) The ability to manufacture npn
>    and pnp transistors on the same IC allowed an interesting development
>    of DTL. A CTL ...
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> [31]CTL abbreviation stands for Complementary Transistor Logic
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>    [32]www.allacronyms.com/CTL/Complementary_Transistor_Logic
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>    Complementary Transistor Logic definition, categories, type and other
>    relevant information provided by All Acronyms. CTL stands for
>    Complementary Transistor ...
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> [34]Computer Engineering Reference Manual for the Electrical ...
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>    [35]https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1591261708
>    [36]John A. Camara, PE - 2010 - âTechnology & Engineering
>    LOGIC FAMILIES inverter v c Q1 (PMOS) +VDD âVDD or float switch
>    terminals ... semiconductor (CMOS), also known as complementary
>    transistor logic (CTL), ...
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> [37]Core Engineering Concepts for Students and Professionals
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>    [38]https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1591263581
>    [39]Michael R. Lindeburg, PE
>    Complementary metallic oxide semiconductor (CMOS), also known as
>    complementary transistor logic (CTL), circuits have high packing
>    density and reliability.
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> [40]Principles of Electronic Instrumentation - Page 67 - Google Books Result
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>    [41]https://books.google.com/books?isbn=8120333551
>    [42]D. PATRANABIS - 2008 - âTechnology & Engineering
>    3.2.5 Complementary Transistor Logic A form of current logic where the
>    transistors are prevented to go into saturation by the use of the
>    complementary transistor
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>    In a message dated 8/10/2015 9:44:09 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
>    [43]gil at baudot.net writes:
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>    Hey Ed:
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>    I just meant that early ICs were sometimes resistor-transistor-logic
>    (RTL) or diode-transistor-logic (DTL), both of which kinda pre-dated
>    transistor-transistor-logic (TTL).  Lots of house-numbered parts for
>    those families.
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>    I'm not sure what CTL is -- did you mean CML (current-mode-logic) as in
>    ECL or MECL?  That was pretty fast stuff for its day.
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>    TTL is still darned handy.  Not the antique power-hungry chips of
>    course, but the threshold voltages, as in a 5V micro with
>    TTL-compatible inputs that can be driven with 3.3V CMOS logic since VIH
>    is only 2.0V.  Or, more commonly, a 3.3V micro that needs to output a
>    5V signal -- run it through a 74AHCTxx powered by 5V.
> 
>    Gil
> 
>    gil smith, AF7EZ
>    greenkeys moderator
>    [44]gil at baudot.net
> 
>    -------- Original Message --------
>    Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] The last of the Pasco 35 ASR photos .. for a
>    while
>    From: couryhouse <[45]couryhouse at aol.com>
>    Date: Mon, August 10, 2015 4:21 pm
>    To: Gil Smith <[46]gil at baudot.net>, Chris Elmquist
>    <[47]chrise at pobox.com>, Pete
>    Lancashire <[48]pete at petelancashire.com>
>    Cc: greenkeys <[49]GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
>    Or CTL Gil?...
>    Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
>    -------- Original message --------
>    From: Gil Smith <[50]gil at baudot.net>
>    Date: 08/10/2015 3:13 PM (GMT-07:00)
>    To: Chris Elmquist <[51]chrise at pobox.com>, Pete Lancashire
>    <[52]pete at petelancashire.com>
>    Cc: greenkeys <[53]GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
>    Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] The last of the Pasco 35 ASR photos .. for a
>    while
>    Or DTL, or RTL?
>    gil smith, AF7EZ
>    greenkeys moderator
>    [54]gil at baudot.net
> 
>    -------- Original Message --------
>    Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] The last of the Pasco 35 ASR photos .. for a
>    while
>    From: Chris Elmquist <[55]chrise at pobox.com>
>    Date: Mon, August 10, 2015 2:44 pm
>    To: Pete Lancashire <[56]pete at petelancashire.com>
>    Cc: greenkeys <[57]GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
>    On Monday (08/10/2015 at 11:03AM -0700), Pete Lancashire wrote:
>    > The 9140. Pictures of, and of each board
>    >
>    > [58]https://goo.gl/photos/xZrMR9WthHwgYA359
>    Wow. I can't find a single DIP package in any of those photos that is
>    not a custom house numbered part. Moto, Fairchild, NS, TI ... all of
>    the players but every one is house numbered.
>    I assume that's all 7400-series TTL?
>    Amazing.
>    --
>    Chris Elmquist NÃJCF
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