> > 74HC374, but I could be wrong. The descriptions of these two things > > which are on different pages seem to describe exactly the same device. > > I can't answer you on that as I don't really have handy a catalog > of that (but perhaps they trigger at different states; or one is tri-state, > the other is not - dunno).
It's either their buffering characteristics, their current sourcing characteristics or their Schmitt, but I can't remember at the moment... I'll see what I can do on that score... Si

