19 Dec
2005
19 Dec
'05
6:28 p.m.
On 12/19/2005 at 1:02 PM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
Costs more.
Probably the reason, though you can sometimes find IC's that had color
bands on the BOTTOM. All I'm talking about is paint, not epoxy or
plastic.I'd have to go look at my parts bins to discover who it was, but
heck, resistors are cheap; some diodes are color-coded.
Cheers,
Chuck