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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Series 32000 part numbering history
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Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 13:04:35 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 19 13:04:35 1984
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> Isn't there a clash of naming conventions between the NS32000 series
> and the WE 32000 chip?

In a word, yes.  But this is nothing new.  "4024" is not an unambiguous
part number either; Motorola had a series of old bipolar parts with
4000-series part numbers, and most of them clash with CMOS numbers now.
It's surprising that this problem isn't more frequent.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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