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From: f00@0f0.00f
marg wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:45:14 +0000, jojo wrote:
>
>> marg wrote:
>>> On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:01:46 -0500, mixed nuts wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 1/12/2026 14:37, marg wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:58:46 -0500, mixed nuts wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1/11/2026 13:57, % wrote:
>>>>>>> jojo wrote:
>>>>>>>> mixed nuts wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 1/10/2026 18:45, Sn!pe wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> mixed nuts wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 1/7/2026 13:01, Sn!pe wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> phoenix wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Phototransistors are not really transistors in function IMO,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I prefer to think of them as light-sensitive diodes. However,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> considering them transistors can help explain what a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> transistor does to the unfamiliar.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> When light hits the phototransistor, it allows current to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> pass.
>>>>>>>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Back in the day, I scraped the paint off of a 0C71; it made a
>>>>>>>>>>>> pretty good phototransistor, so I'd take issue with that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I grew up with discrete components so none of what you write
>>>>>>>>>>>> is news to me
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I bought a sack of 2N229 geraniums back in 1956 from a lot
>>>>>>>>>>> radio parts store and made some amplifiers with 'em. They
>>>>>>>>>>> worked good but ft was about 300 kHz which ain't that great.
>>>>>>>>>>> Then I got an account with Evans Radio where I could get all
>>>>>>>>>>> kinds of stuff and switched to RCA and Fairchild Si planar
>>>>>>>>>>> parts like 2N2102 and life got magic
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Back in ~'62 when I joined the local radio club, they had a
>>>>>>>>>> stash of NPN 2N706a rejects. Only ~25% were completely dud,
>>>>>>>>>> another 25%
>>>>>>>>>> sub-par and the remaining half were just slightly below spec. I
>>>>>>>>>> was given a fistful of them to play with. Among other things, I
>>>>>>>>>> built a two metre converter in a two-ounce tobacco tin using
>>>>>>>>>> them.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Fairchild started selling dirt cheap fast planar parts
>>>>>>>>> (300-900bMHz ft, 100 mW plastic on a ceramic header) about 1960
>>>>>>>>> when I was in middle school. I had a part time job at the medical
>>>>>>>>> school cleaning animal cages which only took an hour so I'd
>>>>>>>>> wander down to the basement where the instrumentation lab was and
>>>>>>>>> hang out with the engineers who made aparatusses. I'd clear a
>>>>>>>>> patch of bench and start making something. All the needed parts
>>>>>>>>> were right there and I'd settle up when I wandered off with the
>>>>>>>>> thingers I made. About 1964 I got an account with Gerber
>>>>>>>>> Electronics and I was off and
>>>>>>>>> running.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> in 1960 i was well hidden.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> i was starting my drug adventure
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was bringing in big bucks carrying golf bags for rich people.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I was still in High School.
>>>>
>>>> I was 12 when I was kidnapped by the golf pro and forced into caddy
>>>> work. You're older than I am. I was 12 when I got kicked out of middle
>>>> school and forced into high school.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ah, a *Sheldon* then. :-)
>>>
>>>
>> i get angry and jealous when people boast about having skipped ahead,
>> mostly just angry.
>
>
> You're too sensitive.
>
one would think that the high point of their lives were at 12 and
then all downhill from there. how do i know? they brought it up.
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