Dave Moll wrote:Surely, in 1954 it would have been surprising (and probably expensive) to use those unproven solid-state alternatives.
Yes, agreed, the date hadn't quite registered in my empty skull...at that sort of time an 0C71 was the same as a blue-collar's weekly wage...
How many here know what an 0C71 is? Or can even remember? I can. In a word, awful...stick with your BC107....even
they raise a wry smile from me...
Steve A.
ADJECTIVE [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If someone has a wry expression, it shows that they find a bad situation or a change in a situation slightly amusing. [...], also consider "Incongruous"...in todays semiconductor perspective...
Anyway, the thing did what was expected, and that's good enough for me....