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and here we have a fine group i shall dub "the mu men" or "the
mu-see-ums"
;-))

solid, easy to get along with and sensible, no foolishness with p-layer
punch thru or bonding failures!

and tubes may actually be repaired too, nothing like those flimsy silicon
flakes!


Haven't seen any latch up in a long while but my friend plugged in his USB
thumb drive the other day and the magic smoke came out.

Upon prying it open, a SMD coil had decided to end its little life. It
might be
possible to repair the drive.

Not quite as easy to repair as those hot electron FETs though.