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02/03/06 18:20
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 		 #109115 - the dictionary states
Responding to: ???'s previous message
http://www2.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/m...a=obsolete

Main Entry: 1ob·so·lete
Pronunciation: "äb-s&-'lEt, 'äb-s&-"
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin obsoletus, from past participle of obsolescere to grow old, become disused, perhaps from ob- toward + solEre to be accustomed
Date: 1579
1 a : no longer in use or no longer useful b : of a kind or style no longer current : OLD-FASHIONED
VESTIGIAL
synonym see OLD

Thus the 8255 IS obsolete by the dictionarys definition

Erik

List of 47 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
8255 interfacing with SILABS C8051F226            01/01/70 00:00      
   The code is irrelevant, that may and may            01/01/70 00:00      
   Bizarre juxtaposition!!            01/01/70 00:00      
      It isn't obsolete!            01/01/70 00:00      
         Whatever Andy said, the following is the            01/01/70 00:00      
            Hmm...            01/01/70 00:00      
               The fact that something is done by someo            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Turn arround arround arround...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     obsolete - yes, still made yes            01/01/70 00:00      
                        What obsolete means...            01/01/70 00:00      
                           the dictionary states            01/01/70 00:00      
                              So are you and I, if that\'s your view.            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 It should be clear that my reference            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Childish!            01/01/70 00:00      
               Rad hard            01/01/70 00:00      
                  8080's ? I don't think so... look            01/01/70 00:00      
                     ENough !!            01/01/70 00:00      
                     2 wires!?            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Remote Launch Control            01/01/70 00:00      
                           The wires run the            01/01/70 00:00      
                  I don't think so ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     I was Wrong            01/01/70 00:00      
   if so, why do you read old books            01/01/70 00:00      
      Cross-posting            01/01/70 00:00      
         basically            01/01/70 00:00      
   Quasi Bidirectional ports & 8255            01/01/70 00:00      
      Just Configure it!            01/01/70 00:00      
      now you've got me confused ...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Quasi ports & 8255            01/01/70 00:00      
            Do you want TCP/IP with that?            01/01/70 00:00      
            Superb            01/01/70 00:00      
            not really            01/01/70 00:00      
   problem solved lessons learnt            01/01/70 00:00      
      "cheap" as in at least 5 times the price            01/01/70 00:00      
         Lighten Up!!!            01/01/70 00:00      
            I do not care if someone does it like I            01/01/70 00:00      
               "Modern" speeds???            01/01/70 00:00      
                  we can go on forever, let's not            01/01/70 00:00      
         You really have fossilized!            01/01/70 00:00      
            If advising against using fossils is not            01/01/70 00:00      
               You have forgotten how to learn!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  No such thing            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Erik racist? Never!            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Pushed over that line            01/01/70 00:00      
         The "classic" implementation            01/01/70 00:00      
         Hey!            01/01/70 00:00      
      No offense, of course!            01/01/70 00:00      

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