AW: RE: AW: Cloning the SSM2040 (was: SS

[Haible_Juergen#Tel2743]

> When I was researching my book years ago, I went up to SSM and talked to 
the
> guys and had a tour of Exar (where the chips were made).  Ron Dow is one
> name I remember.  Other than that I would suggest finding some old timers
> at Exar to see if they stay in contact with ex-SSM people.  Also there may
> be some of the SSM people that followed traveled with the product line to
> PMI and then to Analog Devices.  Jerry Zis, the product manager at ADI, 
was
> originally with PMI.  But be forwarned that the original discrete 
prototypes
> were not some small 3"x3" board with some transistors - they were like a 
foot
> square and packed with stuff!

Barry, thanks for Your answer!

Large prototype sizes wouldn'd frighten me (;->).

JH.