[HN Gopher] Angstrem Memory IC's in the USSR
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       Angstrem Memory IC's in the USSR
        
       Author : sohkamyung
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2022-06-14 02:06 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.cpushack.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.cpushack.com)
        
       | jacquesm wrote:
       | Chips from that era from the USSR were interesting in many
       | aspects, one of them was the odd (compared to Western, that is)
       | pitch of the pins. The spacing in the West was based on the
       | imperial system, typically 2.54 mm or a fraction of that between
       | the pins, whereas the USSR stuff could be either 2.54, 2.5 or 2mm
       | pitch.
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       | This made some repairs quite hard simply because the parts even
       | though nominally compatible with each other would not fit the
       | holes over anything more than an 8 pin dip.
       | 
       | https://twitter.com/mikelectricstuf/status/14761436063397068...
        
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