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Author: Dennis Crawley
Date: 2004-09-17 12:56 -500
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: [EE] Finding a chip…

A week or two ago, a huge lightning strike over Buenos Aires, and one chip
of a telephone switcher just almost disappears. I’ve look for it, but I’ve
failed.
Perhaps somebody is in touch with the manufacturers.
[snip]
The chip have this signs:
TEC-9254
562-300012
(100 pins)

Thank you in advance, for any help.

The first reply:

Author: Engineering Info
Date: 2004-09-17 14:47 -500
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [EE] Finding a chip…
Don’t know who TEK is but the 9254 is probally the date code (54th week
of 1992). [snip]

The reply to that:

Author: Olin Lathrop
Date: 2004-09-17 16:08 -500
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [EE] Finding a chip…
Engineering Info wrote:
> Don’t know who TEK is but the 9254 is probally the date code (54th
> week of 1992).

ROTFL! That’s got to be one of the dumber comments I’ve seen here recently.

Are you sure it’s not the 92nd week of 1954?

And the reply to that

Author: Engineering Info
Date: 2004-09-17 17:04 -500
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [EE] Finding a chip…

FUCK YOU TOO ASSHOLE!!!

(sorry, it just made me laugh)