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On Wed, 17 Sep 2025 10:50:34 -0700, Snidely wrote:

> The FD1771 chip was introduced around 1980, it seems.

https://hardwarecomputerist.atariverse.com/media/pdf/datasheet/
Western%20Digital%20FD1771%20-%20Specifications.pdf

1976, I believe although that datasheet is dated March 1978. It was very 
popular with CP/M systems. The downside was its flexibility and many 
different formats were developed.