Anyone know when it changed to eg
-- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
Sometime between 1990 and 1997, can anyone narrow down closer ?
The first wayback page pushes it back to 1996
July of 1994.
Anybody remember what it was before that "older" one, and when that one was dropped?
Isaac
the earliest NS databook I have is 1976 and that has the double S/N squiggle
an impressive bit of detective work, thanks
Easy enough using google and the right key words :)
Back in the '60's, until (I don't remember), it was a pair of angular block letter "N"s, one upright "N", the other on its side "S". sort of like the wonderful "SUN" logo.
Isaac
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squiggle
like on this pic of a memory MM1103N of 1973 ?
-- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
Yup. I don't know when they abandoned it.
Isaac
My impression is that the logo changed from the old horizontal parallel S squiggle to the new stylised N, sometime after mid 1994, just over mid-way through the tenure of CEO Gil Amelio.
This photo June '94 4004 device shows the old logo
Actually, it seems that the old logo may be called the "Stacked N" trade mark and the new one is the "Stylized N" Worldmark.
It seems that the first use of the Stylized N by National Semiconductor may have been in June 1994.
The official filing date for the trademark is Feb 15, 1996.
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