Re: clipper pin-compatible chip

[Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>]

>Once the clipper chips are common place, perhaps we could get some company
>to build IDEA chips that are pin compatible with the clipper chip itself,
>and perhaps even some switching socket where if you're calling a device
>and want to use the clipper chip (due to compatibility reasons of course)
>you activate the clipper chip socket.  If not, you flip the switch the other
>way, and activate the IDEA chip.

This may not be very practical for small devices like portable cell
phones.  They tend to use a lot of surface mount technology, and are
not very readily modified after manufacture.

Phil