I've been looking at old datasheets ... and the marketing department's fingerprints are all over them, despite the publication dates that go back into the '70's.

Unfortunately, we don't have a searchable PDF of the original datasheets from Intel available, so I have to scan 'em visually. That's not a terribly efficient or effective process.

I'm not sure that a clear answer to the question of "static" or "dynamic" will surface, as I've searched the later doc's I do have and the word static doesn't come up except in reference to ESD.

I've had the impression all along, however, that all 805x's are fully static. I think I got that from an Intel FAE. They had their own, back then, rather than relying on the local sales rep or distributor to provide one, and their FAE's were generally pretty well-informed.

However, I'm not sure that's relevant, either, as the same overheating seems to occur when the device is operated with a crystal oscillator, and they're all pretty much the same from one generation to the next. The crystal oscillator, BTW, is running, yet the device gets hot anyway, and doesn't function.

RE