[sdiy] Re: PT146 +3500ppm 1K positive tempco resistors(fwd)

[Ian Fritz]

At 08:24 PM 3/10/2003, patchell wrote:


>Ian Fritz wrote:
>
> >
> > Interesting factoid: KRL is in Manchester, NH, the same city where Tel Labs
> > was.  Are they "related"?
> >
> >    Ian
> >
>
>     I don't think so...I have some KRL 1.87K resistors that I purchased from
>TAU about 25 years ago now...just before I purchased a batch from Tel
>Labs...they are made differently and would appear to be different
>companies..however, if it is like anywhere else, one probably split off from
>the other.  20 years ago, we had about 4 or 5 different disk drive head
>manufacturers here in Santa Barbara, all of the split off from the same
>company...although, they are all gone now...


Thanks. I thought I remembered KRL as being in business 25-30 years ago.

   Ian