9 Dec
2006
9 Dec
'06
4:03 p.m.
On 9 Dec 2006 at 18:42, Dave McGuire wrote:
It seems to me that many of these types of
attitudes stem from the
"if it's old, it's bad, and if it's not new, it's old"
mentality that
has been adopted by the obedient mass of consumers.
My reaction upon getting my first NE555 was "Isn't that just the most
clever thing you've ever seen?--and in an 8 pin DIP, too!"
You probably won't see many LS121/123/221s in modern circuits, but
the lowly 555 still marches on.
Cheers,
Chuck