another semi web site shot to hell?
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From: Brian on 25 Sep 2006 20:04 "John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message news:p5kgh2lm0esd9b4lr31rg405j9310niui6(a)4ax.com... > > Can someone verify whether the National web site is truly broken? It > sure looks that way to me. In addition to all sorts of snarled links > and stuff, there's no obvious way I can find, say, the datasheet of an > LM7824... had to go to Fairchild's site! > > I'm running Firefox under XP. > > John > > > If you want a good site for datasheets, check out http://www.datasheetcatalog.com/datasheets_pdf/ Brian
From: Eeyore on 25 Sep 2006 21:06 John Larkin wrote: > Can someone verify whether the National web site is truly broken? It > sure looks that way to me. In addition to all sorts of snarled links > and stuff, there's no obvious way I can find, say, the datasheet of an > LM7824... had to go to Fairchild's site! > > I'm running Firefox under XP. I'm currently using a new install so can't check that out but I never had any trouble before with Opera. Graham
From: Eeyore on 25 Sep 2006 21:12 Joerg wrote: > Broken web site? Try NXP. Had that "pleasure" this morning. IMHO that is > one perfect example of how not to design web sites. Will they ever learn? The Philips semi site used to be first class IMHO. Has it changed so ? Graham
From: Boris Mohar on 25 Sep 2006 21:30 On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:40:05 GMT, Joerg <notthisjoergsch(a)removethispacbell.net> wrote: >Hello John, > > >> Can someone verify whether the National web site is truly broken? It >> sure looks that way to me. In addition to all sorts of snarled links >> and stuff, there's no obvious way I can find, say, the datasheet of an >> LM7824... had to go to Fairchild's site! >> >> I'm running Firefox under XP. >> > >That one has been obsoleted by National AFAIR. Then those companies drop >stuff like hot potatoes, unfortunately. They don't seem to care whether >someone needs an older data sheet. > > Motorola when they were called Motorola was notorious for that. They would simply obliterate all of the references to the part ha they obsoleted. Like it never existed. -- Boris Mohar -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
From: Eeyore on 25 Sep 2006 21:23
Boris Mohar wrote: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:01:08 -0700, John Larkin wrote: > > >Can someone verify whether the National web site is truly broken? It > >sure looks that way to me. In addition to all sorts of snarled links > >and stuff, there's no obvious way I can find, say, the datasheet of an > >LM7824... had to go to Fairchild's site! > > > >I'm running Firefox under XP. > > > >John > > Just for Lark I had to have a look. I agree. I entered in LM7800 and got > http://www.national.com/ds/LM/LM340.pdf#page=8 National are a bit funny about that part. Graham |