[sdiy] LM3900 Sub

[Tim Parkhurst]

Morton = Brand of table salt

Norton = Common name for LM3900 Op Amp

Horton = Character who heard a Who



Tim (banana fanna fo forton) Servo

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Arnold [mailto:xyzzy at sysabend.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 3:13 PM
> To: William Berzinskas
> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] LM3900 Sub
> 
> On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 05:56:17PM -0500, William Berzinskas wrote:
> >    looking for a sub for lm3900..  can i just use a standard opamp for
> >    this?
> 
> Gonna quote an old sdiy email :
> --- start ---
> Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 14:34:26 +0100
> From: mark verbos <a0284520 at addcom.de>
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Equiv of LM3900?
> 
> You can't really replace a 3900 with a regular opamp. It is a morton
> amplifier, that is something different. They shouldn't be THAT hard to
find.
> --- end ---
> 
> That being said, why not just use another LM3900?  If you dig through the
> archives you'll find lots of LM3900 discussion on why its both loved and
> hated too...
> 
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