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July_1998
RE: Cat Box


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Date: Fri Jul 24 1998 - 14:47:40 CDT


On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, David Shoemaker (Comforce/RhoTech) wrote:

> So we would have to have a set of latches to pretend they were the switch
> matrix. Not too tough.
> And we would have to have a set of latches to pretend they were the
> display's. Once again not to bad.

        Why are any latches needed?

        Just send the signals from/to the Parallel Port. Some line
drivers (LS244) may be needed to drive the data to the PC. I made that
mistake with the Exorcisor.
 
> The XOR's for the probes are still needed but could perhaps be moved into
> the "chip". Joe?

        I think so....what do those actually do? I noticed those
on the schematic but just never paid any attention? Are they to
invert the polarity of signals in certain modes?

Joe


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