From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 07/05/2025 15:12, John R Walliker wrote:   
   >>   
   >> It's a hellhole, but it's a cheap hellhole with often stuff that can't be   
   >> got elsewhere...   
   >   
   > Yes, I bought some silicon nitride plates which were almost unobtainable   
   > elsewhere.   
   > John   
      
   Only thing I had that was undeniable shit were some darlingtion power   
   transistors  that blew up an amp and eventually  a loudpseaker.   
      
   Not enough voltage rating compared to what was stamped on them.   
      
   It was like going back to the good old days of Sinclair Radionics with   
   his 'super' rejected transistors rebadged as 'Sinclair 101s' or whatever.   
      
      
   --   
   The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to   
   rule.   
   – H. L. Mencken, American journalist, 1880-1956   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)