From: curd@notformail.com   
      
   On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 23:04:45 -0500, Phil Hobbs wrote:   
      
      
   > You can do a lot of useful stuff with a 2:1 beta spread--it's   
   > dramatically better than the old-timey parts such as the 2N2222, which   
   > had beta specs like min 35, max 300.   
      
   Yes, there were some shocking spreads with some devices. But that was   
   just a run-of-the-mill consideration for designers using those parts; as   
   you well know yourself you had to take such spreads into account when   
   setting up the bias networks and whatnot - and it was just one of those   
   things that had to be factored in and no big deal.   
      
      
      
      
      
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