Asimov wrote:
I just scrapped an IBM aptiva board and wouldn't you know it the
crystals are labelled with the "Y" prefix!

BUT!!!

A scrapped cell phone I opened here uses the "X" prefix for crystals!!!
Thanks a lot! I hope you're all confused now...

And then there's K vs. RY for relays... U vs. IC for integrated circuits...


A ceramic resonnator tends to have 3 pins though some only have 2.

I could be wrong, but I was led to believe that resonators have two, and
ceramic filters have three.

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