RE: more info on euro star castle boards

From: Scott Swazey <sswazey_at_qualcomm.com>
Date: Mon Dec 01 1997 - 20:11:57 EST

At 04:32 PM 12/1/97 -0800, Clay Cowgill wrote:
[...]
>
>>I just looked at the schematics, and it turns out the design that used
>>DAC80's used a 4016 analog switch instead of the National LF part.
>>I'll have to trace out the other design that used National DAC1221's
>>and an LF switch.
>
>Anybody know why Atari got away from the 4016 and went with the LF13201 in
>the AVG games? My guess was that the series resistance of the 4016 was too
>high and gave them problems with zero'ing the caps in the integrator...

I think it's the VCC supply range. It's limited to +12V on the 4016, where
as the the LF 13xxx can span +30V (-15,+15V)

-Scott

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Received on Mon Dec 1 17:13:20 1997

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