"Asimov" wrote in message
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"JURB6006" bravely wrote to "All" (23 Nov 04 01:40:13)
--- on the heady topic of " 100th Anniversary"

JU From: (JURB6006)

JU The old training used to say "there are only three circuits,
JU rectifiers, amplifiers and oscillators". I wonder if that could be
JU disproven today, think about it,

No, there are also resistors, capacitors, inductors, and switches.
There are filters of all kinds made with these. There is the phase
locked loop which also makes other types of devices possible. There
are a myriad other building blocks which aren't rectifiers,
amplifiers, or oscillators. That is way too simplistic!

A*s*i*m*o*v

... Over a hundred billion electrons were used in crafting this tagline.


Perhaps that should have read, "active circuits".


Mark Z.