XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: sophi.2@invalid.org   
      
   On 3/10/2011 5:13 PM, John Larkin wrote:   
   > On Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:13:44 -0800, I AM THAT I AM   
   >   wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:42:32 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"   
   >>   wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> John Larkin wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> On Sun, 06 Mar 2011 06:56:19 -0800, Chieftain of the Carpet Crawlers   
   >>>>   wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On Sun, 6 Mar 2011 02:15:27 -0800 (PST), Bill Sloman   
   >>>>>   wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> for use in legacy   
   >>>>>> designs,   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   You're a goddamned idiot.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   If someone designs a new circuit, it is NOT "a legacy design" simply   
   >>>>> because it uses an old established part.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   Your logic is as flawed as it gets.  There are still millions of 2n222   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Where can I buy some of those 2N222's?   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>    http://store.americanmicrosemiconductor.com/jan2n222.html   
   >>>   
   >>>    Better hurry.  There are only four left, at $14.94 each   
   >>   
   >>   You do know the difference between a normal 2n2222 and a 'jan' prefix   
   >> part, right?   
   >>   
   >>   That's the reason it is at $15.   
   >   
   > The transistor in the link above is a 2N222, not a 2N2222. It's   
   > expensive because it's a rare antique PNP germanium no longer in   
   > production.   
   >   
   > John   
   >   
      
   John -   
      
   You can count on AlwaysWrong to be, well, AlwaysWrong.   
      
   John   
      
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