Better yes,,,go to the FAQ section / Hardware and read the info there about re-designing away from the 82c55 use. Simpler curcuit will be easier to use and easier to debug. One chip type that is prettu cool for adding outputs to a microcontroller is a device called an 8 bit addressable latch. A part number would be 74HC259. Here is a link to the data sheet for the Toshiba 74HC259.

These are cool becasue you can individually access each bit. When you wire these usually the A-B-C inputs go to address lines and the D input goes to a data line. It is however to also hook the D input to an address line.
For example if hookup was...
A3 -> 'hc259.C
A2 -> 'hc259.B
A1 -> 'hc259.A
A0 -> 'hc259.Din
Then a write to address+0 will clear the bit and a write to address+1 will set the bit.

Michael Karas