Op amps problem Gain Calculation

[BadHabit]

I would think the recoil would give you whiplash if you put one of
those on a helmet.

However, the muzzle flash would do the same job as the LEDs, so
problem ultimately solved.

Clark

On Tue, 13 May 2008 20:39:34 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Tue, 13 May 2008 16:23:35 -0400, RFI-EMI-GUY
Rhyolite@NETTALLY.COM> wrote:

ian field wrote:

Those electric powered "gatling guns" do perfectly adequate damage to a car
without the blowback of shrapnel that a HE missile produces.



And they look real cool spinning around even when they run out of ammo!

But I've found that the recoil really slows me down.

John

 

[Martin H. Eastburn]

First, Si diodes were not used in WW II. The PN SI diode wasn't invented yet.

Selenium wafers and sticks were the power types
and point or whisker diodes for RF. [ I have some of these in lead cans ]

In the 60's it was still that way.

Silicon diodes were developed by bell labs for internal telephone use
but semiconductor had to be invented first.

Look at the date of the transistor. Silicon diode and Germanium diode.

I know Radar in B52's were using Selenium and Germanium for RF.

http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline.html#1940s
Different times scan down the page...

Silicon came later since it was hard to use and Ge was the center of
it all.

Martin

ronwer wrote:

Hi!

I am doing a study into the early use of silicon diodes in radar and
communication equipment during the Second World War.

What I would be interested in is as follows:

-type numbers of the diodes
-name/type number of radar/communication equipment
-technical infor on those systems
-info on producers
-pictures of actual diodes, also "in" the circuits
-anecdotal stories about the actual use
-anything else!

The information will be used for an on-going study project related to
practical application of minerals (i.e. quartz) in industry and technology.

So, since this is an aspect of a broader study, other quartz-related info
would
be most appreciated, especially about early use of piezoelectric
quartz crystals in electronic equipment.

If you'd prefer, answering off-list is possible:

neo.dymium@yahoo.com


Thanks for ANY help!


Ronald
Norway

 

[John Larkin]

On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:07:46 -0500, "Martin H. Eastburn"
<lionslair@consolidated.net> wrote:

First, Si diodes were not used in WW II. The PN SI diode wasn't invented yet.

Nearly all the radar first mixer diodes were silicon point-contact
types, essentially silicon schottky diodes.

See the MIT Rad Lab book, volume 15, "Crystal Rectifiers" for a bunch
of WWII (and pre-war) stuff about diode development. This is from that
book:

ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/RadDiode2.JPG

ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/RadLabDiodes.JPG

Selenium wafers and sticks were the power types
and point or whisker diodes for RF. [ I have some of these in lead cans ]

In the 60's it was still that way.

Funny, I recall using lots of silicon PN diodes (and SCRs, and
transistors, and tunnel diodes) in the early 1960's. Tek was using
GaAs diodes in their sampling scopes ca 1964.

Silicon diodes were developed by bell labs for internal telephone use
but semiconductor had to be invented first.

No. See the RadLab book.

Look at the date of the transistor. Silicon diode and Germanium diode.

I know Radar in B52's were using Selenium and Germanium for RF.

Selenium was never used in RF or radar, except maybe power supplies.
Far too slow.

John

 

[Phil Hobbs]

John Larkin wrote:

On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:07:46 -0500, "Martin H. Eastburn"
lionslair@consolidated.net> wrote:

First, Si diodes were not used in WW II. The PN SI diode wasn't invented yet.

Nearly all the radar first mixer diodes were silicon point-contact
types, essentially silicon schottky diodes.

See the MIT Rad Lab book, volume 15, "Crystal Rectifiers" for a bunch
of WWII (and pre-war) stuff about diode development. This is from that
book:

ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/RadDiode2.JPG

ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/RadLabDiodes.JPG


Selenium wafers and sticks were the power types
and point or whisker diodes for RF. [ I have some of these in lead cans ]

In the 60's it was still that way.

Funny, I recall using lots of silicon PN diodes (and SCRs, and
transistors, and tunnel diodes) in the early 1960's. Tek was using
GaAs diodes in their sampling scopes ca 1964.

Silicon diodes were developed by bell labs for internal telephone use
but semiconductor had to be invented first.

No. See the RadLab book.

Look at the date of the transistor. Silicon diode and Germanium diode.

I know Radar in B52's were using Selenium and Germanium for RF.

Selenium was never used in RF or radar, except maybe power supplies.
Far too slow.

John

I thought selenium rectifier stacks were pretty cool when I was a kid,
though....those big orange heat sinks made them look like some strange
arthropod. Fortunately I never toasted one, because I certainly
wouldn't have known that you have to leave the room ASAP.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal
ElectroOptical Innovations
55 Orchard Rd
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
845-480-2058
hobbs at electrooptical dot net
http://electrooptical.net

 

[Jon Kirwan]

On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:30:19 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:07:46 -0500, "Martin H. Eastburn"
lionslair@consolidated.net> wrote:

First, Si diodes were not used in WW II. The PN SI diode wasn't invented yet.

Nearly all the radar first mixer diodes were silicon point-contact
types, essentially silicon schottky diodes.

See the MIT Rad Lab book, volume 15, "Crystal Rectifiers" for a bunch
of WWII (and pre-war) stuff about diode development. This is from that
book:

ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/RadDiode2.JPG

ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/RadLabDiodes.JPG

Selenium wafers and sticks were the power types
and point or whisker diodes for RF. [ I have some of these in lead cans ]

In the 60's it was still that way.

Funny, I recall using lots of silicon PN diodes (and SCRs, and
transistors, and tunnel diodes) in the early 1960's. Tek was using
GaAs diodes in their sampling scopes ca 1964.

Silicon diodes were developed by bell labs for internal telephone use
but semiconductor had to be invented first.

No. See the RadLab book.

Look at the date of the transistor. Silicon diode and Germanium diode.

I know Radar in B52's were using Selenium and Germanium for RF.

Selenium was never used in RF or radar, except maybe power supplies.
Far too slow.

John

It was certainly used in the power supplies. Not maybe. I actually
owned a radar unit that was commissioned for navy service in 1944.
Nice selenium series stacks used as diodes in at least some of the
power supplies. Also used vacuum tube VR150's for regulators.

Jon

 

[christofire]

"Jon Kirwan" <jonk@infinitefactors.org> wrote in message
news:bvhs85d9ajq1e0om8dmku8qq63mgbtm9n7@4ax.com...

On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:30:19 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:07:46 -0500, "Martin H. Eastburn"
lionslair@consolidated.net> wrote:

First, Si diodes were not used in WW II. The PN SI diode wasn't invented
yet.

Nearly all the radar first mixer diodes were silicon point-contact
types, essentially silicon schottky diodes.

See the MIT Rad Lab book, volume 15, "Crystal Rectifiers" for a bunch
of WWII (and pre-war) stuff about diode development. This is from that
book:

ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/RadDiode2.JPG

ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/RadLabDiodes.JPG

Selenium wafers and sticks were the power types
and point or whisker diodes for RF. [ I have some of these in lead
cans ]

In the 60's it was still that way.

Funny, I recall using lots of silicon PN diodes (and SCRs, and
transistors, and tunnel diodes) in the early 1960's. Tek was using
GaAs diodes in their sampling scopes ca 1964.

Silicon diodes were developed by bell labs for internal telephone use
but semiconductor had to be invented first.

No. See the RadLab book.

Look at the date of the transistor. Silicon diode and Germanium diode.

I know Radar in B52's were using Selenium and Germanium for RF.

Selenium was never used in RF or radar, except maybe power supplies.
Far too slow.

John

It was certainly used in the power supplies. Not maybe. I actually
owned a radar unit that was commissioned for navy service in 1944.
Nice selenium series stacks used as diodes in at least some of the
power supplies. Also used vacuum tube VR150's for regulators.

Jon

VR150 is not a vacuum tube - it's gas filled (argon/neon), cold cathode.

Chris

 

[John Fields]

On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:07:46 -0500, "Martin H. Eastburn"
<lionslair@consolidated.net> wrote:

First, Si diodes were not used in WW II. The PN SI diode wasn't invented yet.

Selenium wafers and sticks were the power types
and point or whisker diodes for RF. [ I have some of these in lead cans ]

In the 60's it was still that way.

Silicon diodes were developed by bell labs for internal telephone use
but semiconductor had to be invented first.

Look at the date of the transistor. Silicon diode and Germanium diode.

I know Radar in B52's were using Selenium and Germanium for RF.

http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline.html#1940s
Different times scan down the page...

Silicon came later since it was hard to use and Ge was the center of
it all.

---
From the post you're responding to's headers:

"Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:51:10 +0200"


Three questions:

1. Why are you responding to a post that's over a year old?
2. Why are you top-posting?
3. Why don't you do a little fact-checking before you post?

JF

 

[John Larkin]

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:30:28 -0500, John Fields
<jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:07:46 -0500, "Martin H. Eastburn"
lionslair@consolidated.net> wrote:

First, Si diodes were not used in WW II. The PN SI diode wasn't invented yet.

Selenium wafers and sticks were the power types
and point or whisker diodes for RF. [ I have some of these in lead cans ]

In the 60's it was still that way.

Silicon diodes were developed by bell labs for internal telephone use
but semiconductor had to be invented first.

Look at the date of the transistor. Silicon diode and Germanium diode.

I know Radar in B52's were using Selenium and Germanium for RF.

http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline.html#1940s
Different times scan down the page...

Silicon came later since it was hard to use and Ge was the center of
it all.

---
From the post you're responding to's headers:

"Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:51:10 +0200"


Three questions:

1. Why are you responding to a post that's over a year old?

Because it just appeared in s.e.b.

2. Why are you top-posting?

Donno. Emails are by convention top, usenet is bottom. I do a lot of
emails, twenty or so yesterday, and sometimes I forget.

3. Why don't you do a little fact-checking before you post?

What facts do you dispute? Wanna argue with my RadLab books, or my
1964 Allied catalog, or my shelves of radio books going back to 1918?

OK, let's go: when was the first junction transistor made? By whom?

John

 

[John Fields]

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:07:59 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:30:28 -0500, John Fields
jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:07:46 -0500, "Martin H. Eastburn"
lionslair@consolidated.net> wrote:

First, Si diodes were not used in WW II. The PN SI diode wasn't invented yet.

Selenium wafers and sticks were the power types
and point or whisker diodes for RF. [ I have some of these in lead cans ]

In the 60's it was still that way.

Silicon diodes were developed by bell labs for internal telephone use
but semiconductor had to be invented first.

Look at the date of the transistor. Silicon diode and Germanium diode.

I know Radar in B52's were using Selenium and Germanium for RF.

http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline.html#1940s
Different times scan down the page...

Silicon came later since it was hard to use and Ge was the center of
it all.

---
From the post you're responding to's headers:

"Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:51:10 +0200"


Three questions:

1. Why are you responding to a post that's over a year old?

Because it just appeared in s.e.b.

2. Why are you top-posting?

Donno. Emails are by convention top, usenet is bottom. I do a lot of
emails, twenty or so yesterday, and sometimes I forget.

3. Why don't you do a little fact-checking before you post?

What facts do you dispute? Wanna argue with my RadLab books, or my
1964 Allied catalog, or my shelves of radio books going back to 1918?

OK, let's go: when was the first junction transistor made? By whom?

---
Morgan Sparks, of course, but why are you getting in my face when my
post was to Mr. Eastburn, not to you?

JF

 

[John Larkin]

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:31:31 -0500, John Fields
<jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:07:59 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:30:28 -0500, John Fields
jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:07:46 -0500, "Martin H. Eastburn"
lionslair@consolidated.net> wrote:

First, Si diodes were not used in WW II. The PN SI diode wasn't invented yet.

Selenium wafers and sticks were the power types
and point or whisker diodes for RF. [ I have some of these in lead cans ]

In the 60's it was still that way.

Silicon diodes were developed by bell labs for internal telephone use
but semiconductor had to be invented first.

Look at the date of the transistor. Silicon diode and Germanium diode.

I know Radar in B52's were using Selenium and Germanium for RF.

http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline.html#1940s
Different times scan down the page...

Silicon came later since it was hard to use and Ge was the center of
it all.

---
From the post you're responding to's headers:

"Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:51:10 +0200"


Three questions:

1. Why are you responding to a post that's over a year old?

Because it just appeared in s.e.b.

2. Why are you top-posting?

Donno. Emails are by convention top, usenet is bottom. I do a lot of
emails, twenty or so yesterday, and sometimes I forget.

3. Why don't you do a little fact-checking before you post?

What facts do you dispute? Wanna argue with my RadLab books, or my
1964 Allied catalog, or my shelves of radio books going back to 1918?

OK, let's go: when was the first junction transistor made? By whom?

---
Morgan Sparks, of course, but why are you getting in my face when my
post was to Mr. Eastburn, not to you?

JF

Because I hadn't had coffee yet, and because I've got used to you
harassing me.

John

 

[John Fields]

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:06:23 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

OK, let's go: when was the first junction transistor made? By whom?

---
Morgan Sparks, of course, but why are you getting in my face when my
post was to Mr. Eastburn, not to you?

JF

Because I hadn't had coffee yet, and because I've got used to you
harassing me.

---
???

I don't harass you, John, I simply _correct_ you.

JF

 

[John Larkin]

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:28:50 -0500, John Fields
<jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:06:23 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:


OK, let's go: when was the first junction transistor made? By whom?

---
Morgan Sparks, of course, but why are you getting in my face when my
post was to Mr. Eastburn, not to you?

JF

Because I hadn't had coffee yet, and because I've got used to you
harassing me.

---
???

I don't harass you, John, I simply _correct_ you.

JF

Which is why you remind me so much of Miss Denton, my matronly 6th
grade teacher.

John

 

[Rich Grise]

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:07:59 -0700, John Larkin wrote:

OK, let's go: when was the first junction transistor made? By whom?

I don't know exactly when, but the announcement of a working tranistor
was Big News at the time - I was about 8, which would make it about
1957-ish; I know that transistor radios were popular in the late '50s-
early '60s; interestingly, that seems to coincide with the rising
popularity of Rock-n-Roll.

I'm pretty sure that Bardeen, Brattain, and Schockley made the first
_point-contact_ transistor at Bell Labs, but I'd have to look up the
date.

Oh, heck, I couldn't stop myself:

http://www.pbs.org/transistor/science/info/junctw.html

It's the first hit at:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=when+was+the+first+junction+transistor+made%3F
[mind the wrap]

Hope This Helps!
Rich

 

[Jon Kirwan]

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:30:09 +0100, "christofire"
<christofire@btinternet.com> wrote:

"Jon Kirwan" <jonk@infinitefactors.org> wrote in message
news:bvhs85d9ajq1e0om8dmku8qq63mgbtm9n7@4ax.com...
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:30:19 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:07:46 -0500, "Martin H. Eastburn"
lionslair@consolidated.net> wrote:

First, Si diodes were not used in WW II. The PN SI diode wasn't invented
yet.

Nearly all the radar first mixer diodes were silicon point-contact
types, essentially silicon schottky diodes.

See the MIT Rad Lab book, volume 15, "Crystal Rectifiers" for a bunch
of WWII (and pre-war) stuff about diode development. This is from that
book:

ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/RadDiode2.JPG

ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/RadLabDiodes.JPG

Selenium wafers and sticks were the power types
and point or whisker diodes for RF. [ I have some of these in lead
cans ]

In the 60's it was still that way.

Funny, I recall using lots of silicon PN diodes (and SCRs, and
transistors, and tunnel diodes) in the early 1960's. Tek was using
GaAs diodes in their sampling scopes ca 1964.

Silicon diodes were developed by bell labs for internal telephone use
but semiconductor had to be invented first.

No. See the RadLab book.

Look at the date of the transistor. Silicon diode and Germanium diode.

I know Radar in B52's were using Selenium and Germanium for RF.

Selenium was never used in RF or radar, except maybe power supplies.
Far too slow.

John

It was certainly used in the power supplies. Not maybe. I actually
owned a radar unit that was commissioned for navy service in 1944.
Nice selenium series stacks used as diodes in at least some of the
power supplies. Also used vacuum tube VR150's for regulators.

Jon

VR150 is not a vacuum tube - it's gas filled (argon/neon), cold cathode.

Sorry. My mistake. Looked like one, and of course you are correct.

Jon

 

[John Fields]

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:37:43 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:28:50 -0500, John Fields
jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:06:23 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:


OK, let's go: when was the first junction transistor made? By whom?

---
Morgan Sparks, of course, but why are you getting in my face when my
post was to Mr. Eastburn, not to you?

JF

Because I hadn't had coffee yet, and because I've got used to you
harassing me.

---
???

I don't harass you, John, I simply _correct_ you.

JF

Which is why you remind me so much of Miss Denton, my matronly 6th
grade teacher.

---
So you've had this problem for a long time, eh?

Instead of turning into an intensely combative and arrogant sonofabitch
when you've made a mistake and it's pointed out to you, you might want
to be a little more like this guy:

news:Gf-dnbiwMbay9BPXnZ2dnUVZ8jydnZ2d@bt.com


JF

 

[John Fields]

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:59:34 -0500, John Fields
<jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:37:43 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:28:50 -0500, John Fields
jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:06:23 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:


OK, let's go: when was the first junction transistor made? By whom?

---
Morgan Sparks, of course, but why are you getting in my face when my
post was to Mr. Eastburn, not to you?

JF

Because I hadn't had coffee yet, and because I've got used to you
harassing me.

---
???

I don't harass you, John, I simply _correct_ you.

JF

Which is why you remind me so much of Miss Denton, my matronly 6th
grade teacher.

---
So you've had this problem for a long time, eh?

Instead of turning into an intensely combative and arrogant sonofabitch
when you've made a mistake and it's pointed out to you, you might want
to be a little more like this guy:

news:Gf-dnbiwMbay9BPXnZ2dnUVZ8jydnZ2d@bt.com

---
Oops...

news:6got85plkgp8o1umaeh5qo682967pk7jqo@4ax.com

JF

 

[jfeng@my-deja.com]

On Aug 21, 7:07 am, John Larkin
<jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

OK, let's go: when was the first junction transistor made? By whom?

John
According to the Computer History Museum, it was another invention

from Bell Las:

http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline/1951-First.html

 

[John Larkin]

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:18:15 -0500, John Fields
<jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:59:34 -0500, John Fields
jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:37:43 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:28:50 -0500, John Fields
jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:06:23 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:


OK, let's go: when was the first junction transistor made? By whom?

---
Morgan Sparks, of course, but why are you getting in my face when my
post was to Mr. Eastburn, not to you?

JF

Because I hadn't had coffee yet, and because I've got used to you
harassing me.

---
???

I don't harass you, John, I simply _correct_ you.

JF

Which is why you remind me so much of Miss Denton, my matronly 6th
grade teacher.

---
So you've had this problem for a long time, eh?

Instead of turning into an intensely combative and arrogant sonofabitch
when you've made a mistake and it's pointed out to you, you might want
to be a little more like this guy:

news:Gf-dnbiwMbay9BPXnZ2dnUVZ8jydnZ2d@bt.com

---
Oops...

news:6got85plkgp8o1umaeh5qo682967pk7jqo@4ax.com

JF

What are you doing, working towards a degree in social work?

John

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:29:34 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:18:15 -0500, John Fields
jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:59:34 -0500, John Fields
jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:37:43 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:28:50 -0500, John Fields
jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:06:23 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:


OK, let's go: when was the first junction transistor made? By whom?

---
Morgan Sparks, of course, but why are you getting in my face when my
post was to Mr. Eastburn, not to you?

JF

Because I hadn't had coffee yet, and because I've got used to you
harassing me.

---
???

I don't harass you, John, I simply _correct_ you.

JF

Which is why you remind me so much of Miss Denton, my matronly 6th
grade teacher.

---
So you've had this problem for a long time, eh?

Instead of turning into an intensely combative and arrogant sonofabitch
when you've made a mistake and it's pointed out to you, you might want
to be a little more like this guy:

news:Gf-dnbiwMbay9BPXnZ2dnUVZ8jydnZ2d@bt.com

---
Oops...

news:6got85plkgp8o1umaeh5qo682967pk7jqo@4ax.com

JF

What are you doing, working towards a degree in social work?

John

We owe it to our creator to make some effort to correct the misguided
;-)

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

 

[John Fields]

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:29:34 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:18:15 -0500, John Fields
jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:59:34 -0500, John Fields
jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:37:43 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:28:50 -0500, John Fields
jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:06:23 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:


OK, let's go: when was the first junction transistor made? By whom?

---
Morgan Sparks, of course, but why are you getting in my face when my
post was to Mr. Eastburn, not to you?

JF

Because I hadn't had coffee yet, and because I've got used to you
harassing me.

---
???

I don't harass you, John, I simply _correct_ you.

JF

Which is why you remind me so much of Miss Denton, my matronly 6th
grade teacher.

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So you've had this problem for a long time, eh?

Instead of turning into an intensely combative and arrogant sonofabitch
when you've made a mistake and it's pointed out to you, you might want
to be a little more like this guy:

news:Gf-dnbiwMbay9BPXnZ2dnUVZ8jydnZ2d@bt.com

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Oops...

news:6got85plkgp8o1umaeh5qo682967pk7jqo@4ax.com

JF

What are you doing, working towards a degree in social work?

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No, but I think it's kinda like Jim said in that we all have an
obligation to make tomorrow better than today, and you seem to think
that making that happen would involve killing off everyone who disagrees
with you and can post proof positive that you're wrong.

How tall are you, John?

JF