19 Nov
2007
19 Nov
'07
2:59 p.m.
North Star, on the other hand, did some very oddball things with
their kits. Such as supplying TO-99 ICs when they couldn't get the
DIP-8 version. ("Just bend the leads, okay?").
It's easier to do that than the reverse. I rememer having to replace a
metal-can (10 lead TO-100 I think) uA723 regulator chip. The only one I
could get wsa the 14 pin DIL version. I eneded up dead-bugging it to the
PCB and using kludgewires...
-tony