[vcf-midatlantic] Memories of 1977

[Chris Fala]

Wondering, are 6116 SRAM too new?



On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 1:58 PM William Sudbrink via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> 2114s were pretty dense and common.  There were plenty of 16K S-100 boards
> with 2114s, and, of course Ohio Scientific.  Two boards would give you 32K.
>
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> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Memories of 1977
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> 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
>
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