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   Cursitor Doom to All   
   Re: Chip ID   
   22 May 23 10:06:26   
   
   From: cd@notformail.com   
      
   On Sun, 21 May 2023 23:38:56 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 11:33:23?PM UTC-7, whit3rd wrote:   
   >> On Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 3:09:37?AM UTC-7, Cursitor Doom wrote:   
   >> > Hi all,   
   >> >   
   >> > Anyone seen one of these before? The IC itself has four bjts on a   
   >> > single die according to the schematic, but - again according to the   
   >> > schematic - there's no connection for whatever this thing mounted on   
   >> > top is, which resembles a very thin button cell   
   >   
   >Oh, the thing on top is the lid; it's grounded (to pin #13, which is to be   
   >held non-positive with respect to other connections, it's the IC substrate).   
      
   So it's possible to pop it off? Wow. Never come across one of those   
   before. Be interesting to take a look inside....   
      
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