Hackable DVD players (was Re: Amiga Demo's)

[Repairing a transistor] I've done that sort of thing to PROMs and PAls that have lost the odd pin. I normally use a hand file (as I did on the transistor in the Epson printer), it seems more controllable to me. To be honest I'd rather have replaced the transistor, but I can't find a sensible source of 2SB705s. I think I found one dubious-looking website (who might well provide me witha fake, and I'd rather not have a dodgy component in a PSU ...) and somebody else who would provide an 'equivalent' for quite a high price. According to Towers [1] there's not must speical about the original transistor other than the package (which is so odd that they don't give the pinout...) I am pretty sure I could find soemthing that would work for a lot less than the 'equivalent' I was offered. [1] Tower's International Transistor Selector. I don't know if this book is known outside the UK, but it basically gives 1 line of specs on just about every transistor ever made. There's a similar one for FETs (JFETs and MOSFETs( and one for Op-amps/Comaparators. And some others that are less useful IMHO. But those 3 (and in particular the bipolar transsitor one) ave very useful for anyone fixing old stuff. -tony