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- From: pngai@adobe.com (Phil Ngai)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: GAL LOGIC
- Message-ID: <1992Sep13.184958.6583@adobe.com>
- Date: 13 Sep 92 18:49:58 GMT
- References: <92253.131631LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <1992Sep9.200458.8595@adobe.com> <92254.103444LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
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- In article <92254.103444LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
- >A trademark identifies a line of products so that it won't be confused
- >with something similar. I mean is there any difference between
- >
- > PAL16V8 (one-time programmable, fuse based, AMD)
- > GAL16V8 (EEPROM based, erasable, Lattice)
- > ispGAL16V8 (EEPROM based, but with 4 extra pins for in system
- > programming, Lattice)
-
- Indeed, PAL is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices. So if TI
- sells a PAL and it's not exactly (programming and otherwise)
- identical to the AMD PAL, what does that mean?
-
- >I can't just go into a store and ask for 16V8 and expect the product
-
- Given your expectations, no. But you can't ask for a 16R4 and get
- a generic product either. You can't ask for a 4 meg EPROM and get
- a generic product. You can't even ask for a 1 meg DRAM and get
- a generic product.
-
- The problem is, you don't understand what GAL means, or what 16V8
- means.
-
- >I wanted. On the other hand I did specify GAL16V8 and got PALCE16V8.
- >I could have asked my Credit Card company to cancel payment as I
- >didn't get what I specified. a Cyrus 486 is the same as an Intel 486?
-
- Yes, you did get what you specified, you just didn't specify
- what you wanted.
-
- >GAL(TM) stands for Generic Array Logic. Trademarked by Lattice and
-
- But what does it MEAN? Until you understand, you are going to
- keep getting in trouble like this.
-
- --
- My opinions are my own.
-