On 2011-02-14, Bill Martin wrote:
On 02/13/2011 06:26 PM, DoN. Nichols wrote:
On 2011-02-14, Jim wrote:

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1N4007s seem to be popular there. :-) I remember that Transitron
used to make what they called "Stabistors" -- silicon diodes

"Transitron", now there is a blast from the past! I used to work for
them, while in college many years ago...still have a few of the old
plastic IC's they made back then.

I worked for them too -- a summer in 1960, and for about a year
in (I think) 1962.

This was prior to the IC period of course. Ref-Amps were potted
combinations of zeners, transistor, and Stabistors to make for a very
low TC.

And the "binistor" (bistable transistor) never really took off,
but was discovered by accident. :-)

Somewhere, I should still have the orange binder data sheet
book.

Does the name "Bill VanDerHuevel" ring any bells?

Enjoy,
DoN.

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