What did the NTE199 sub for?

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Dave

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I asked this question (here, I think) a while back, and got my answer from
some kind soul, but can't remember what that answer was. Could someone
maybe dig into an old refferrence, and enlighten me again? I promise not to
lose it this time...

Many thanks,

Dave
 
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I asked this question (here, I think) a while back, and got my answer from
some kind soul, but can't remember what that answer was. Could someone
maybe dig into an old refferrence, and enlighten me again? I promise not
to lose it this time...

Many thanks,

Dave
Click to expand...
Well, if you asked it here, you can find it in the Google archives. FAIK the
replacements mentioned were not very accurate. The NTE199s are known for low
noise, high gain and low VCEsat. They are also widely available.

petrus bitbyter
 
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I asked this question (here, I think) a while back, and got my answer from
some kind soul, but can't remember what that answer was. Could someone
maybe dig into an old refferrence, and enlighten me again? I promise not
to lose it this time...

Many thanks,

Dave



Well, if you asked it here, you can find it in the Google archives. FAIK
the replacements mentioned were not very accurate. The NTE199s are known
for low noise, high gain and low VCEsat. They are also widely available.

petrus bitbyter
Click to expand...

Hey, thanks for the reply. Yes, the part is easily obtained, I'm just trying
to find a model for it in Spice so I can work the bugs out of a project
before I actually build it.

If I recall correctly, the sub was a 2SC part number, which NTE did cross
over to their 199, I just can't remember what it was. And there is one
version of Spice which was advertised as coming with a model for that
particular part number.

All of this is available, I just have to find it. Thus, my original
question... Anyway, if anyone reading this cares to lend a hand and look up
the cross in their old refs, like they did before, it would be greatly
appreciated. In the meantime I am looking through my old notes. I did find
that it crosses to an SK3245,but that is not the part number that I found
the Spice model available for. As I mentioned, I believe it was a 2SC part
number. I have it written down somewhere, but finding that particular note
might take a while. So I am coming here with my hat in my hand again. :)

Thanks...

Dave (Who is now searching Google.)
 
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I asked this question (here, I think) a while back, and got my answer from
some kind soul, but can't remember what that answer was. Could someone
maybe dig into an old refferrence, and enlighten me again? I promise not
to lose it this time...

Many thanks,

Dave



Well, if you asked it here, you can find it in the Google archives. FAIK
the replacements mentioned were not very accurate. The NTE199s are known
for low noise, high gain and low VCEsat. They are also widely available.

petrus bitbyter



Hey, thanks for the reply. Yes, the part is easily obtained, I'm just trying
to find a model for it in Spice so I can work the bugs out of a project
before I actually build it.

If I recall correctly, the sub was a 2SC part number, which NTE did cross
over to their 199, I just can't remember what it was. And there is one
version of Spice which was advertised as coming with a model for that
particular part number.

All of this is available, I just have to find it. Thus, my original
question... Anyway, if anyone reading this cares to lend a hand and look up
the cross in their old refs, like they did before, it would be greatly
appreciated. In the meantime I am looking through my old notes. I did find
that it crosses to an SK3245,but that is not the part number that I found
the Spice model available for. As I mentioned, I believe it was a 2SC part
number. I have it written down somewhere, but finding that particular note
might take a while. So I am coming here with my hat in my hand again. :)
Click to expand...

It replaced hundreds of other transistors. The NTE line is general
purpose replacement parts, not really intended for new designs. The
latest printed NTE cross reference I have is in storage, and is about
1.25" thick, with millions of OEM part numbers.


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I asked this question (here, I think) a while back, and got my answer from
some kind soul, but can't remember what that answer was. Could someone
maybe dig into an old refferrence, and enlighten me again? I promise not
to lose it this time...

Many thanks,

Dave



Well, if you asked it here, you can find it in the Google archives. FAIK
the replacements mentioned were not very accurate. The NTE199s are known
for low noise, high gain and low VCEsat. They are also widely available.

petrus bitbyter





Hey, thanks for the reply. Yes, the part is easily obtained, I'm just trying
to find a model for it in Spice so I can work the bugs out of a project
before I actually build it.

If I recall correctly, the sub was a 2SC part number, which NTE did cross
over to their 199, I just can't remember what it was. And there is one
version of Spice which was advertised as coming with a model for that
particular part number.

All of this is available, I just have to find it. Thus, my original
question... Anyway, if anyone reading this cares to lend a hand and look up
the cross in their old refs, like they did before, it would be greatly
appreciated. In the meantime I am looking through my old notes. I did find
that it crosses to an SK3245,but that is not the part number that I found
the Spice model available for. As I mentioned, I believe it was a 2SC part
number. I have it written down somewhere, but finding that particular note
might take a while. So I am coming here with my hat in my hand again. :)

Thanks...

Dave (Who is now searching Google.)



http://www.nteinc.com/specs/100to199/pdf/nte199.pdf
Click to expand...


Jamie
 
Jamie wrote:
http://www.nteinc.com/specs/100to199/pdf/nte199.pdf
Click to expand...

Sigh. "Maynard A Philbrook Jr." strikes again. That doesn't answer
either of his questions. It doesn't list any of the transistors it
replaces, and it doesn't provide a spice model. There isn't enough
information in that data sheet to create n acceptable spice model.


--
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Dave wrote:
I asked this question (here, I think) a while back, and got my answer from
some kind soul, but can't remember what that answer was. Could someone
maybe dig into an old refferrence, and enlighten me again? I promise not to
lose it this time...

Many thanks,

Dave
Click to expand...

<http://www.ebay.com/itm/NTE-SEMICONDUCTOR-CROSS-REFERENCE-catalog-12TH-EDITION-/150575419915>


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Dave <db5151@hotmail.com> wrote:
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I asked this question (here, I think) a while back, and got my answer from
some kind soul, but can't remember what that answer was. Could someone
maybe dig into an old refferrence, and enlighten me again? I promise not
to lose it this time...
....
Well, if you asked it here, you can find it in the Google archives. FAIK
the replacements mentioned were not very accurate. The NTE199s are known
for low noise, high gain and low VCEsat. They are also widely available.

Hey, thanks for the reply. Yes, the part is easily obtained, I'm just trying
to find a model for it in Spice so I can work the bugs out of a project
before I actually build it.

If I recall correctly, the sub was a 2SC part number, which NTE did cross
over to their 199, I just can't remember what it was. And there is one
version of Spice which was advertised as coming with a model for that
particular part number.

All of this is available, I just have to find it. Thus, my original
question... Anyway, if anyone reading this cares to lend a hand and look up
the cross in their old refs, like they did before, it would be greatly
appreciated. In the meantime I am looking through my old notes. I did find
that it crosses to an SK3245,but that is not the part number that I found
the Spice model available for. As I mentioned, I believe it was a 2SC part
number. I have it written down somewhere, but finding that particular note
might take a while. So I am coming here with my hat in my hand again. :)
Click to expand...
Er, wasnt' it the NTE10, last time.

The NTE199 is a whole different kettle of fish. Digging out the Xref book,
it crosses to at least 85 numbers in the 2sc range, with a couple of more
in the BCxxx range, and I didn't look at the 2N range. And a lot of those
parts are sorted by gain, with the '199 for the higher gain ones, and
the lower gain ones with another NTE number.

If an exact match is important, it's got a PNP complement, the NTE234.
So finding a Japanese transistor characteristics chart and looking for
complmentary parts that both have a hfe > 400, an Ft of 80-90 MHz and
only good for 50-100 milliamps might find an exact match.

Remembering various parts mentioned in s.e.repair and searching on google,
perhaps the 2sc733 or 2sc828.

If I were homebrewing from scratch, I'd think something like the BC550C
would be cheaper than the $1 or so the NTE parts cost.

Mark Zenier mzenier@eskimo.com
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"Dave" <db5151@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
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I asked this question (here, I think) a while back, and got my answer
from
some kind soul, but can't remember what that answer was. Could someone
maybe dig into an old refferrence, and enlighten me again? I promise
not
to lose it this time...
...
Well, if you asked it here, you can find it in the Google archives. FAIK
the replacements mentioned were not very accurate. The NTE199s are known
for low noise, high gain and low VCEsat. They are also widely available.

Hey, thanks for the reply. Yes, the part is easily obtained, I'm just
trying
to find a model for it in Spice so I can work the bugs out of a project
before I actually build it.

If I recall correctly, the sub was a 2SC part number, which NTE did cross
over to their 199, I just can't remember what it was. And there is one
version of Spice which was advertised as coming with a model for that
particular part number.

All of this is available, I just have to find it. Thus, my original
question... Anyway, if anyone reading this cares to lend a hand and look
up
the cross in their old refs, like they did before, it would be greatly
appreciated. In the meantime I am looking through my old notes. I did
find
that it crosses to an SK3245,but that is not the part number that I found
the Spice model available for. As I mentioned, I believe it was a 2SC
part
number. I have it written down somewhere, but finding that particular
note
might take a while. So I am coming here with my hat in my hand again. :)

Er, wasnt' it the NTE10, last time.

The NTE199 is a whole different kettle of fish. Digging out the Xref
book,
it crosses to at least 85 numbers in the 2sc range, with a couple of more
in the BCxxx range, and I didn't look at the 2N range. And a lot of those
parts are sorted by gain, with the '199 for the higher gain ones, and
the lower gain ones with another NTE number.

If an exact match is important, it's got a PNP complement, the NTE234.
So finding a Japanese transistor characteristics chart and looking for
complmentary parts that both have a hfe > 400, an Ft of 80-90 MHz and
only good for 50-100 milliamps might find an exact match.

Remembering various parts mentioned in s.e.repair and searching on google,
perhaps the 2sc733 or 2sc828.

If I were homebrewing from scratch, I'd think something like the BC550C
would be cheaper than the $1 or so the NTE parts cost.

Mark Zenier mzenier@eskimo.com
Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)
Click to expand...
MY GOD! THANK YOU! And you are right, it was the NTE10 last time, which is
why I can't find it in the Google archives. Damn, I'm an idiot. But thank
you so much for your help. I'm going to print this post and hang on my
workstation. Man, I had just about given up. Can you tell me what cross
you are using to find all of this? I need to get my own copy...

Dave
 
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"Dave" <db5151@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
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I asked this question (here, I think) a while back, and got my answer
from
some kind soul, but can't remember what that answer was. Could someone
maybe dig into an old refferrence, and enlighten me again? I promise
not
to lose it this time...

...

Well, if you asked it here, you can find it in the Google archives. FAIK
the replacements mentioned were not very accurate. The NTE199s are known
for low noise, high gain and low VCEsat. They are also widely available.

Hey, thanks for the reply. Yes, the part is easily obtained, I'm just
trying
to find a model for it in Spice so I can work the bugs out of a project
before I actually build it.

If I recall correctly, the sub was a 2SC part number, which NTE did cross
over to their 199, I just can't remember what it was. And there is one
version of Spice which was advertised as coming with a model for that
particular part number.

All of this is available, I just have to find it. Thus, my original
question... Anyway, if anyone reading this cares to lend a hand and look
up
the cross in their old refs, like they did before, it would be greatly
appreciated. In the meantime I am looking through my old notes. I did
find
that it crosses to an SK3245,but that is not the part number that I found
the Spice model available for. As I mentioned, I believe it was a 2SC
part
number. I have it written down somewhere, but finding that particular
note
might take a while. So I am coming here with my hat in my hand again. :)

Er, wasnt' it the NTE10, last time.

The NTE199 is a whole different kettle of fish. Digging out the Xref
book,
it crosses to at least 85 numbers in the 2sc range, with a couple of more
in the BCxxx range, and I didn't look at the 2N range. And a lot of those
parts are sorted by gain, with the '199 for the higher gain ones, and
the lower gain ones with another NTE number.

If an exact match is important, it's got a PNP complement, the NTE234.
So finding a Japanese transistor characteristics chart and looking for
complmentary parts that both have a hfe > 400, an Ft of 80-90 MHz and
only good for 50-100 milliamps might find an exact match.

Remembering various parts mentioned in s.e.repair and searching on google,
perhaps the 2sc733 or 2sc828.

If I were homebrewing from scratch, I'd think something like the BC550C
would be cheaper than the $1 or so the NTE parts cost.

Mark Zenier mzenier@eskimo.com
Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)






MY GOD! THANK YOU! And you are right, it was the NTE10 last time, which is
why I can't find it in the Google archives. Damn, I'm an idiot. But thank
you so much for your help. I'm going to print this post and hang on my
workstation. Man, I had just about given up. Can you tell me what cross
you are using to find all of this? I need to get my own copy...

Dave



yes it's this.
Click to expand...
http://www.nteinc.com/specs/10to99/pdf/nte10.pdf

5 ghz cut off small npn transistor..
usable up around 1 ghz. depending in how much gain you
want.

P.S.
This type of transistors like generate little parasitic noise
due to their high frequency nature. I guess if you have a
circuit to go by, that problem most like has been considered.

There are many Ghz transistors out there with industrial numbers on
them.
Jamie
 
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"Dave" <db5151@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
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I asked this question (here, I think) a while back, and got my answer
from
some kind soul, but can't remember what that answer was. Could someone
maybe dig into an old refferrence, and enlighten me again? I promise
not
to lose it this time...
...
Well, if you asked it here, you can find it in the Google archives. FAIK
the replacements mentioned were not very accurate. The NTE199s are known
for low noise, high gain and low VCEsat. They are also widely available.

Hey, thanks for the reply. Yes, the part is easily obtained, I'm just
trying
to find a model for it in Spice so I can work the bugs out of a project
before I actually build it.

If I recall correctly, the sub was a 2SC part number, which NTE did cross
over to their 199, I just can't remember what it was. And there is one
version of Spice which was advertised as coming with a model for that
particular part number.

All of this is available, I just have to find it. Thus, my original
question... Anyway, if anyone reading this cares to lend a hand and look
up
the cross in their old refs, like they did before, it would be greatly
appreciated. In the meantime I am looking through my old notes. I did
find
that it crosses to an SK3245,but that is not the part number that I found
the Spice model available for. As I mentioned, I believe it was a 2SC
part
number. I have it written down somewhere, but finding that particular
note
might take a while. So I am coming here with my hat in my hand again. :)

Er, wasnt' it the NTE10, last time.

The NTE199 is a whole different kettle of fish. Digging out the Xref
book,
it crosses to at least 85 numbers in the 2sc range, with a couple of more
in the BCxxx range, and I didn't look at the 2N range. And a lot of those
parts are sorted by gain, with the '199 for the higher gain ones, and
the lower gain ones with another NTE number.

If an exact match is important, it's got a PNP complement, the NTE234.
So finding a Japanese transistor characteristics chart and looking for
complmentary parts that both have a hfe > 400, an Ft of 80-90 MHz and
only good for 50-100 milliamps might find an exact match.

Remembering various parts mentioned in s.e.repair and searching on google,
perhaps the 2sc733 or 2sc828.

If I were homebrewing from scratch, I'd think something like the BC550C
would be cheaper than the $1 or so the NTE parts cost.


MY GOD! THANK YOU! And you are right, it was the NTE10 last time, which is
why I can't find it in the Google archives. Damn, I'm an idiot. But thank
you so much for your help. I'm going to print this post and hang on my
workstation. Man, I had just about given up. Can you tell me what cross
you are using to find all of this? I need to get my own copy...
Click to expand...
I'm enough of a packrat that I've still got the NTE _1990-1991 Technical
Guide and Cross Reference_. (And a magnifying glass. And about a dozen
boxes of databooks from about 1975 to 1995. Alas, few Japanese ones.)

They were cheap or free at an NTE dealer (depending on how much business
you did there), published every year or two. (The ECG and SK lines also
had them, when they still existed). Cheap newsprint, about the same size
as a Sear's catalog. Maybe they're still published. A ham swapmeet,
EBay, or even a local (or university) library reference section could
have one.

Mark Zenier mzenier@eskimo.com
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Jamie <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_@charter.net> wrote:
Dave wrote:

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"Dave" <db5151@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
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I asked this question (here, I think) a while back, and got my answer
from
some kind soul, but can't remember what that answer was. Could someone
maybe dig into an old refferrence, and enlighten me again? I promise
not
to lose it this time...

...

Well, if you asked it here, you can find it in the Google archives. FAIK
the replacements mentioned were not very accurate. The NTE199s are known
for low noise, high gain and low VCEsat. They are also widely available.

Hey, thanks for the reply. Yes, the part is easily obtained, I'm just
trying
to find a model for it in Spice so I can work the bugs out of a project
before I actually build it.

If I recall correctly, the sub was a 2SC part number, which NTE did cross
over to their 199, I just can't remember what it was. And there is one
version of Spice which was advertised as coming with a model for that
particular part number.

All of this is available, I just have to find it. Thus, my original
question... Anyway, if anyone reading this cares to lend a hand and look
up
the cross in their old refs, like they did before, it would be greatly
appreciated. In the meantime I am looking through my old notes. I did
find
that it crosses to an SK3245,but that is not the part number that I found
the Spice model available for. As I mentioned, I believe it was a 2SC
part
number. I have it written down somewhere, but finding that particular
note
might take a while. So I am coming here with my hat in my hand again. :)

Er, wasnt' it the NTE10, last time.

The NTE199 is a whole different kettle of fish. Digging out the Xref
book,
it crosses to at least 85 numbers in the 2sc range, with a couple of more
in the BCxxx range, and I didn't look at the 2N range. And a lot of those
parts are sorted by gain, with the '199 for the higher gain ones, and
the lower gain ones with another NTE number.

If an exact match is important, it's got a PNP complement, the NTE234.
So finding a Japanese transistor characteristics chart and looking for
complmentary parts that both have a hfe > 400, an Ft of 80-90 MHz and
only good for 50-100 milliamps might find an exact match.

Remembering various parts mentioned in s.e.repair and searching on google,
perhaps the 2sc733 or 2sc828.

If I were homebrewing from scratch, I'd think something like the BC550C
would be cheaper than the $1 or so the NTE parts cost.

Mark Zenier mzenier@eskimo.com
Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)






MY GOD! THANK YOU! And you are right, it was the NTE10 last time, which is
why I can't find it in the Google archives. Damn, I'm an idiot. But thank
you so much for your help. I'm going to print this post and hang on my
workstation. Man, I had just about given up. Can you tell me what cross
you are using to find all of this? I need to get my own copy...

Dave



yes it's this.
http://www.nteinc.com/specs/10to99/pdf/nte10.pdf
Click to expand...

Well, duh, that doesn't get you a SPICE model. There's a lot of
projects out there in the hobby world (real and virtual) that use
NTE parts, because they're available.


5 ghz cut off small npn transistor..
usable up around 1 ghz. depending in how much gain you
want.

P.S.
This type of transistors like generate little parasitic noise
due to their high frequency nature. I guess if you have a
circuit to go by, that problem most like has been considered.

There are many Ghz transistors out there with industrial numbers on
them.
Click to expand...
In this case, it was the 2SC2671, as I remember. Going through the
book backwards and finding the real part is a bit of a sport here.

The goal here is to find the original part that the NTE is a replacement
for, because you can't get a good SPICE model and a detailed datasheet
from NTE/ECG/SK/HEP. (Well, ECG did publish databooks for the ICs that
were reprints of the originals with the numbers filed off, but that was
mostly TV jungle chips and audio amps and the more complex stuff).

And, (unless it's really gone obselete and nobody but NTE has stock), you
can get it a whole lot cheaper. The whole universal replacement business
is based on marking up the part, a lot. With the cost of stocking up
for a last time buy (or getting your own run of parts made), a couple
of level of distribution (in the old days of neighborhood electronics
stores) , and markup for the retailer for having sit on the peg on the
wall for years, these parts are going to cost up to 16 times what you
could get the same stuff for in bulk from a franchised distributor.

If you can get them at all. A lot of these are japanese parts not sold
in North America through normal channels.


Mark Zenier mzenier@eskimo.com
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On Sat, 31 Dec 2011, Mark Zenier wrote:

I'm enough of a packrat that I've still got the NTE _1990-1991 Technical
Guide and Cross Reference_. (And a magnifying glass. And about a dozen
boxes of databooks from about 1975 to 1995. Alas, few Japanese ones.)

They were cheap or free at an NTE dealer (depending on how much business
you did there), published every year or two. (The ECG and SK lines also
had them, when they still existed). Cheap newsprint, about the same size
as a Sear's catalog. Maybe they're still published. A ham swapmeet,
EBay, or even a local (or university) library reference section could
have one.

I remember getting a free HEP catalog about 1973. It was good since it
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was a useful way to look up parts to get a general idea, at a time when I
didn't have many databooks. Even later, that sort of book continued to
be useful since it beat looking through all kinds of different books to
find the device.

I don't think I ever bought HEP parts, I knew from the start they were
expensive. Sam's had a transistor substition guide, but you had to pay
real money for it, and there were lots of other books to buy first.

The SK guide never seemed particularly useful, it seemed like a smaller
set of devices. Of course HEP started small, the first replacement guide
was much thinner than the second one I got a few years later, and I
remember often coming up blank for a lot of devices in the first HEP guide
I had. Radio Shack had a replacement line too, not sure if it was their
own making or they just took a subset of someone else's line. I got the
replacement guide cheap, but it was nver particularly useful.

I got an ECG replacement guide quite late, I don't know what happened
then. And then later found a later edition in some odd place like a used
book sale, or someone's recycling bin. They were much better than the HEP
line at its best.

I still have them, and the databooks I collected. It used to be so cmmon
for people to ask about old devices in the newsgroups, it's been some time
that it was common now.

I think ECG, or rather NTE now, gave up on the paper guide. They did
issue a CD for a while, but I think now you're stuck with the webpage that
has a means of doing a search. The times I've tried, I've not been that
successful, so maybe the line has been cut back. That's why it's still
useful to keep old paper books.

Of course, if someone is taking parts out of an existing piece of
equipment, it's often worth keeping the equipment intact, or at least
tracing out the circuit. Something like the ECG guide might have pinouts
for ICs, but what to do with them is not always clear. A working circuit
provides a sample circuit, and if you're going to use an IC in that way,
might as well keep it intact, often the parts surrounding it are exactly
what you need.

Michael
 
Michael Black wrote:
The SK guide never seemed particularly useful, it seemed like a smaller
set of devices.
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The first SK cross reference I used was a medium sized wall chart, in
the mid '60s. The other lines came out later. They were intended to
let a shop keep a small stock of semiconductors on hand to do the most
common repairs. At that time, they were hard to source if you weren't a
factory approved servicer. Paying more to get it right away allowed
more completed repairs. The OEM transistors we stocked in the early
'70s usually took over 90 days for delivery.


--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense.
 
On 1/1/2012 11:08 PM, Michael Black wrote:
On Sat, 31 Dec 2011, Mark Zenier wrote:


I think ECG, or rather NTE now, gave up on the paper guide. They did
issue a CD for a while, but I think now you're stuck with the webpage
that has a means of doing a search. The times I've tried, I've not been
that successful, so maybe the line has been cut back. That's why it's
still useful to keep old paper books.
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OTOH, I just purchased (to replace a water damaged copy!) a brand new
paper NTE cross guide from Parts Express (or was it MCM? Forget offhand.)

I prefer the CD for most usage, but the paper is hard to beat for notes
in the margin.

RwP
 
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