> You'll need two for the 16 MBit board and one for the 24 MBit board. They're all labeled with "HD74HC138P" (except one on the 32 MBit board, it is labeled with "HD74HC138N", no idea what the difference is, you should better ask an electronics engineer about it).
There is no difference electrically. There may be a package difference but most likely it's just a plain old 74HC138 HCMOS decoder in a plastic package. Quite common.