That darn Intel jingle...

[Philip Pemberton]

In message <m1EXqVM-000IxJC at p850ug1>
          ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:

> > For what it is and WHEN it was developed, the 8255 is a pretty good device.
> 
> Oh come on. It's broken. Fundamentally.

Hell yeah. I'll take a 6522 VIA over an 8255 any day.

> I can think of plenty that would be more useful if they were still being 
> made. The 6522 would come high up the list. 

Haven't heard of the Western Design Center then? http://www.wdesignc.com/
It's Bill Mensch's company - still making the 65C02 and 65C22 after what, 25
years?
I've got a few of their chips here - the 65C02 is fun to play with. Learned a
lot about microprocessors with a combination of reading databooks, feeding it
code and watching what it did on a logic analyser. Good little chip.

Later.
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