[sdiy] SSM chip reissue

[Neil Johnson]

Ian Fritz wrote:
> The expo response
> of the 2164 is pretty poor, compared with what one can do
> with a good monolithic pair. Etc.

The 2164 was never designed for analogue computing applications in
mind, so log conformity over a wide range was never a design goal.
It's really four SSM2018 Frey cells hard-wired in VCA mode with the
I-to-V converters chopped off.

David G Dixon wrote:
> The exponential response of the 2164 is good enough for just about anything
> INTELLIJEL CUSTOMERS need it to do.  It is the heart of the Dixie, Rubicon, and Atlantis
> VCOs

There fixed that for you.

> and we have sold about a million dollars worth of those

Is that kind of information public knowledge?  Does that figure
include the various versions of those modules?

Thanks.
Neil
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