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- From: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
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- Subject: Re: SIPPs/ZIPs
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- Date: 11 Sep 92 17:47:31 GMT
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- In a previous article, lari@saadi.berkeley.edu (Francesco Lari) says:
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- >What are SIPPS and ZIPS?
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- Just guess here:
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- (S)ingle
- (I)nline
- (P)in
- (P)ackaging
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- primarily used in older 286& 386 motherboards.
- they are very rare in systems designed in the last 2 years.
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- (Z)igzag
- (I)nline ????
- (P)in
- (P)ackaging ????
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- These are used primarily in video board where space is at a premium.
- These single chips stand on their side and use 2 rows of offset pin
- connectors.
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