12 Aug
2012
12 Aug
'12
6:46 p.m.
In article <CANij+dcA7gS+X=6wFMTRZ-8T0vL6NLTSjr6tBWVn2GAZddsYgA at mail.gmail.com>,
William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> writes:
Yep. Even for things where we do have lots of docs, i.e. Tektronix
gear, you will see things like such-and-such an IC is a linear
amplifier and the vendor is.... Tektronix. With no alternate
manufacturer part number listed.
Great! So how the hell do we know what to use to replace such a
failed linear amplifier?
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detail.
No we do not.
Certain information normally does not show up in the information you
list. [...]