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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's a wonderful chip for low voltage industrial
applications</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(before there were cheap micros, and when digital
designers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>used analog). I honest believe that it would have
taken over the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>world, if it didn't have such a dumb pinout.
Really.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>paul perry Melbourne Australia</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=harrybissell@prodigy.net href="mailto:harrybissell@prodigy.net">Harry
Bissell Jr</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">The Norton is an odd duck. Misunderstood in i!
ts infancy, it got a reputation<BR>(not wholely undererved) for being a "piece
of sh!t" (opinions of many respected<BR>engineers). Other
designers such as Serge T. excelled with the
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