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Lostgallifreyan
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Mon May 24, 2010 3:01 pm
"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell_at_earthlink.net> wrote in news:V9SdnVuk-
J3wK2TWnZ2dnUVZ_hs5AAAA_at_earthlink.com:
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Lostgallifreyan wrote:
"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell_at_earthlink.net> wrote in
news:TqudncQPAOg48mTWnZ2dnUVZ_qQAAAAA_at_earthlink.com:
Lostgallifreyan wrote:
"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell_at_earthlink.net> wrote in
news:zLOdnUfQepidDmXWnZ2dnUVZ_tUAAAAA_at_earthlink.com:
When I started working with transistors they were around $10 each
for
the ones I needed. That was in the early to mid '60s.
60's dolars too.
I guess that's why my first radio didn't get built.
It was the 70's, the transistors were germanium OC70 and OC71, and I
don't think my dad had any idea where to get them, never mind what they
cost at the time.
The sad thing was that just a couple years later the same transistors
started showing up surplus for 50 cents.
Reminds me of laser diodes. :)
DON'T LOOK!!! ;-)
No worries, my eyes are safe enough, I'm too dazzled by the ratio of price
when buying to price when wanting to sell, to look at them that often..
Actually the 'correct' way to go is to buy a box, then sell a few at a time
to recover the cost, and use what's left. Usually plenty. But I haven't been
able to look for a long time, there haven't been that many fast changes for a
while either, except for blue ones, which are worth watching. Romours exist
of green ones, but only as lab tests. But the bright green and bright blue
LEDs sort of developed together, and there's no shortage of demand for green
to help shring tiny laser projectors. I'm boring myself rigid now so I'll
stop..
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