Joe, Probably the SEMI4200 for static RAM, IIRC that was out by 1977. 4k x 1 bit in a 0.4" wide DIP, pretty fast, and low power (they are triple voltage parts). Might not want to use them up though, they're somewhat hard to find for affordable prices, and a fair number of vintage computer use them. They also have a modestly high failure rate. If you want to "money was no object" pack it full of memory, look at some of IDT's super high density mil-spec offerings. Usually a ceramic carrier with smaller CLCCs on it, like this: https://imgur.com/a/x9AM9DC Or this: https://imgur.com/J5GThVD.jpg I believe both of those examples are significantly newer than you're wanting, but that's where you'd find the highest possible density of the era. Thanks, Jonathan ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 at 13:47, Joseph Giliberti via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Greetings!
I'm still in planning stages for my homebrew computer and one of my goals
is to keep it period appropriate. Part of that is not using any parts or
technologies introduced later than 1977.
I want my computer to have at least 32k of SRAM. So, by the end of 1977,
what was the densest chip commonly available which I won't have to go
bonkers trying to locate?
Thanks
Joe Giliberti