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On Tue, 13 Jun 2017 20:59:53 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
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On Tue, 13 Jun 2017 13:45:40 -0700, tabbypurr wrote:

I'd first be mindful of mechanical damage from doing that. When was the
book written? Germanium?


NT

Haha! I think even those old germanium diodes would easily cope with a
four foot fall!

Dont try that with a vaccuum tube!

I've seen one or two bounce - not very often though.