[sdiy] 7741393?

[harrybissell]

May I then inquire.... (inline)

Michael Ruberto wrote:

> > >
> > >That sounds like the Fairchild full part number...
> >
> >...left over from June, 1971.
>
> My God they are a year older than me!! So these are the La Brea Tarpit
> originals.

and which tar pit did you emerge from, Bambino (one year hence... :^) ???

> It's funny because these units are out-performing the new ones I
> have by a large margin. They obviously must have a better spec than their
> modern counterparts.

That might be. 741 opamps were a top product in 1971... quality may have been
more strictly tested for. Today, 741 are used for the most mundane apps so who
cares...

OTOH I like the 741. Its nice and slow... has no phase reversal when you
overdrive
it. I have never had one latch due to common mode (sticky maybe, but no latchy
!)
and it clips symmetrically.

H^) harry (who was already OLD in '71... in fact I was born that way !)