Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AY-3-8500


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The result was  k eep. - Mailer Diablo 21:34, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

AY-3-8500

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No sources since 2006 CyclePat2 07:43, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, as the base chip of a couple of important early game consoles this rates an article for historical reference purposes. It is almost certainly referenceable, but online sources might be thin for obsolete technology like this. --Dhartung | Talk 10:31, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to General Instrument (keeping about two sentences of description and applications), and merge about one sentence to PONG. Only importance is in the context of early game consoles, not as a standalone topic which drew featured coverage. Barno 19:00, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep and hunt for sources -- as Dhartung said, as the basis for some of the first home game consoles, it's a worthwhile enough topic historically to keep and do some digging. (Whoops... didn't realize I wasn't logged in.) Pinball22 19:39, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per Dhartung. Krakatoa  Katie  13:12, 16 May 2007 (UTC)


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