[sdiy] Re: Bottom Ten ICs

[harrybissell]

LM339 is not the worlds greatest comparator...  I don't like the missing
"ground" pin of the LM311.  Plus, the quad configuration guarantees a
LOT of crosstalk... and the pin config sucks imho (is that enough reasons
:^) ?

LM3900 'could' have been a great chip... if it were not promoted as an
'opamp'
which it sucks at... but rather as a current-controlled-voltage-source
which it
might have been good at... if the quality were a little higher.  I might
have forgiven
it if Bob Pease didn't agree it sucks !!!   (note... I'm not sure he used
that precise word
but you get the drift :^)

H^) harry

"Roy J. Tellason" wrote:

> On Wednesday 06 October 2004 06:22 pm, Harry Bissell Jr wrote:
> > Arrrgh there you go MIKE !!! Why don't you just
> > yank my chain a little, eh buddy ???
> >
> > My "bottom 10 ICs"
> >
> > MM5837
> > LM324
> > SAD1024
> > LM339
> > LM3900
> > OP-77
> > 74xx
> > 74xxx
> >
> > OK hell... thats EIGHT so I'll
> > take these twice...
> >
> > MM5837
> > SAD1024
> >
> > H^) harry (let the wild rumpus begin :^)
>
> Ok,  just wondering -- what do you have against the LM339 or the 3900?