[sdiy] 40106 astable multivibrator - origins

[Andre Majorel]

On 2017-11-20 22:35 +0000, S Ridley wrote:

> I think RCA were the first to manufacture CMOS, so early RCA databooks
> would be a good place to look.
> 
> The 1973 databook:
> 
> http://www.introni.it/pdf/RCA%20-%20CMOS%20Ic%20Databook%20SSD%20250C%201973.pdf
> 
> has a 40106 datasheet and an astable circuit.  The 40106 was near the end
> of the list in this book, so I don't think you'd have to look very much
> further back.  1972 perhaps?

This file appears to be a mislabelled scan of the 1983 data
book. Page 2 says "copyright 1983" and "printed in USA 8-83" and
on page 785, there's four references to post-1973 sources.

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