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How Mostek tested HP chips - GreyUser - 05-11-2020 06:05 PM

Stumbled upon this today, interesting info from someone who was an indirect contributor to the HP35 revolution.

https://mitsi.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/HP-35-Bluebird-Tester.pdf

Apologies in advance if it’s already made the rounds here.


RE: How Mostek tested HP chips - cruff - 05-12-2020 12:13 AM

Thanks! That was a very interesting article.


RE: How Mostek tested HP chips - BobVA - 05-12-2020 11:44 AM

I liked the bit about the Mostek guys upgrading their HP-35's by swapping in HP-45 ROMs. That would be quite an eBay find!


RE: How Mostek tested HP chips - cyrille de brébisson - 05-13-2020 08:26 AM

Hello,

Super article! Thanks for sharing!

Cyrille


RE: How Mostek tested HP chips - jjohnson873 - 05-14-2020 02:21 AM

Great article and love the troubleshooting methodologies. Thank you!