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DaWei · Jul 12th, 2005, 9:11 AM

You're pedantically correct, and that's cheating, as it's still more than "a gate"

. The NAND is an AND and a NOT. When ICs cost a bundle and it paid to get the quantities up, we bought all two-input NORs or all two-input NANDS, plus flip-flops, for our logic. It was cheaper than busting the quantities down by ordering two-input, three-input, four-input, XORs, etc. MSI and LSI sure made things easier when they came along.

Jul 12th, 2005, 9:11 AM	#4
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	You're pedantically correct, and that's cheating, as it's still more than "a gate" . The NAND is an AND and a NOT. When ICs cost a bundle and it paid to get the quantities up, we bought all two-input NORs or all two-input NANDS, plus flip-flops, for our logic. It was cheaper than busting the quantities down by ordering two-input, three-input, four-input, XORs, etc. MSI and LSI sure made things easier when they came along. __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers