Identifying IC chips - was ATM ccd cameras

["Bass, Bill" <bbass@LibertyCorp.com>]

On Tuesday, December 15, 1998 4:15 PM, David Bevel wrote:

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>I received a small ccd camera that looks to have been part of a 
>larger assembly.
>The price was very nice. FREE!
>
>Only id is: M217 1:5.6/50
>F.P.O JAPAN 130363

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>A trip to Toshiba's web site was unhelpfull. While I did find
>a listing of Toshiba ccd chips I did not find this one. To old 
>I suspect.

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David,

The following URL is a great place to identify IC chips:
http://www.islenet.org/chipdir/

But even better, there is a very active email list associated
with this site that is open to anyone for posting.  The people
on that list are ALMOST ;^) as helpful as those on our dear ATM 
list.  They frequently identify and provide datasheets for 
outdated and obsolete electronic devices.

Bill Bass (bbass@bigfoot.com)
Sr. Consultant Programmer/Analyst
Advanced Technology Systems Inc.
Greenville, South Carolina, USA