[sdiy] Re: Bottom Ten ICs

[Scott Gravenhorst]

>--- Paul Maddox <P.Maddox at signal.QinetiQ.com> wrote:
>
>> Harry,
>> 
>> Ooo, another good one..
>> 
>> Bottom few,
>> 
>> 555/6 (sorry, too much power rail noise)
>> 6821 (argh, horrid device)

Depends on what it's used with.  I rather like them when
coupled with 6800, 6802, 6803 or 6809.  Strobe input and
output programming is nice.

>> 8038 (ouch, thats hot!)

Thomas Henry's usage of it eliminates that.  'course it's
linear, but that's not a problem for me...

>> 741 (noise, noise, noise!)
>> 
>> Paul
>> 
>> 
>

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