[sdiy] What to do with REALLY obsolete parts?

[dj hohum]

Ok, but a more modern 8 pin 741 can be used for that, correct? Is
there a particular reason that one would want to use the older 14 pin
dip 741?

On 6/19/07, Ian Fritz <ijfritz at comcast.net> wrote:
> At 03:17 PM 6/19/2007, dj hohum wrote:
> >Well, sure. My question was more about whether they are used in any
> >vintage synths in any way that people want to use the original parts.
> >I suspect that the chips I listed won't have any value for hundreds,
> >maybe thousands of years :) Like old TTL chips, sometimes it's best to
> >just toss them out. The UA726 has become valuable because there is no
> >reasonable substitute, the same cannot be said for old op-amps.
>
> Once in a while the slow slew rate of the 741 is part of the design.  I'll
> buy 'em if you don't want 'em.  :-)
>
>    Ian
>
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