On Thu, 29 Apr 1999 12:47:19 -0500 (CDT), jwelser@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu wrote:
>On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Neil Bradley wrote:
>
>> Just out of curiosity, what is the DAC size used in the Cinematronics
>> games?
>>
>
> They use Burr-Brown DAC80s. I want to say that they're 8-bit
>DACs, but I'm drawing a blank. I have my Burr-Brown databook at
>home, but I think the datasheet may even be up on spies.
>
> As far as I remember, the DAC80 was a "workhorse" 8-bit
>R-2R DAC (Burr-Brown STILL makes new R-2R DAC products, even today!) It
>was a hybrid part -- meaning the package has other stuff on it besudes
>just a chip (or there were multiple dies on the package.) It appears in
>Burr-Brown's product guide as late as 1991 (maybe later -- that's the
>latest one of their product guides that I have.) The DAC800 is a
>monolithic direct replacement for it. Both the DAC80 and DAC800
>came in current-mode (I, or no suffix) or voltage-mode (V suffix.)
>The Cine. monitors will only work with voltage-mode parts.
They were 12 bit DACs, the DAC08 is the "workhorse" your thinking of. ;^)
-Zonn
Received on Thu Apr 29 14:24:29 1999
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