> > 2102 1k bit x1 static RAM, N-MOS, geometry size unknown, introduced
> > by intel in 1970s.

> I remember those. =A0I once stacked 8 DIP on top of each other such that =
all
> the pins were paralleled except the data lines. =A0I had bent the data pi=
ns
> out so that they didn't stack, and wire wrapped a separate wire to each o=
ne.
> Voila, 1K byte-wide RAM.

A friend, who had more money than I did at the tike, stacked 64 of
them in a physical 8 x 8 array as above to make a massive  8 kByte
RAM. Wow! 8 kB in one module!!!. Dubbed  "Great Wall of China" as I
recall.

Probably long gone.
It would make a nice museum piece today
Gavin ... ?



         Russell

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