[sdiy] Buchla 295 10-band comb filter topology

[brianw]

On Nov 25, 2022, at 2:14 PM, Mike Bryant <mbryant at futurehorizons.com> wrote:
> What I did was put a 4*4 multiplier in a 256x9 ROM with a carry bit and addressed it through some 4/8/12 bit shifters multiple times.  Saves a lot of single bit shifting.
> 
> Whatever happened to x9 memories - used to be commonplace back then.

Ha: The 8-bit standard happened ... that's what!

I am somewhat surprised that 7-bit didn't become the standard, given that ASCII was only 7-bit for the longest time. I'm wondering if there's an advantage to having the number of bits be a power-of-two.

Brian