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From: Eeyore on 25 Sep 2006 21:31 Boris Mohar wrote: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:40:05 GMT, Joerg 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. TI and the TMS57020 ! You could use that part to embarass the hell out of TI reps when they came round with the guys from head office ! Not to mention embarass the head office guys too btw ! Graham
From: Jim Thompson on 25 Sep 2006 21:52 On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:30:28 -0400, Boris Mohar <borism_-void-_(a)sympatico.ca> wrote: [snip] >> >Motorola when they were called Motorola was notorious for that. They would >simply obliterate all of the references to the part they obsoleted. Like >it never existed. > [snip] Pretty much like going to Radio Shack or Ace Hardware and having some punk kid tell you that whatever you want was never made ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
From: Deefoo on 26 Sep 2006 03:52 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:451882DF.C3C252E7(a)hotmail.com... > > > Boris Mohar wrote: > > > On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:40:05 GMT, Joerg 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. > > TI and the TMS57020 ! > > You could use that part to embarass the hell out of TI reps when they came round > with the guys from head office ! Not to mention embarass the head office guys > too btw ! > > Graham > Google gives me zero hits on TMS57020. What kind of part was that? --DF
From: Eeyore on 26 Sep 2006 05:20 Deefoo wrote: > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote > > Boris Mohar wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > TI and the TMS57020 ! > > > > You could use that part to embarass the hell out of TI reps when they came > > round with the guys from head office ! Not to mention embarass the head > > office guys too btw ! > > > > Graham > > Google gives me zero hits on TMS57020. What kind of part was that? Consumer DSP. Dates back to about 1990. 24 bit. Ideal for audio but TI Europe only wanted to sell 16 bit ( inadequate without using a compiler to do double precision ) and 32 bit ( too expensive ) parts and the 57020 officially didn't exist outside Asia. I've seen both that and clearly another family member in various audio effects processing gear. I got a datasheet in the end from a Chinese outfit. Graham
From: Joel Kolstad on 26 Sep 2006 12:18
"Deefoo" <nonono(a)wonttell.com> wrote in message news:4518dc20$0$27382$ba4acef3(a)news.orange.fr... > Google gives me zero hits on TMS57020. What kind of part was that? You get one hit by having Google search "groups"... the resume of one guy who worked on it! See: http://groups.google.com/group/sdnet.jobs.wanted/browse_frm/thread/7d1d978ce8360b54/6f15b3ba2c6cb5d7 |