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by Enzo
Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Components Equivalents
Replies: 7
Views: 4218

Re: Components Equivalents

Go to the MCM Electronics website and check out stock # 81-3190 (book - 5th edition) and 83-8730 (CD - 2nd edition).<p>Could this be what you seek? I have not seen the product firsthand, I just noticed it looking for something else.
by Enzo
Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: transistor pinout
Replies: 12
Views: 4430

Re: transistor pinout

Why dincha say so. Seeburg used color coded sleeves on the wires but I forget which is which. DO you have the schemo? And I forget the pinout, I have some 2N109s somewhere, but have not used one in decades. When in one of those amps, I just followed the leads. Most any Ge small signal xstr will work...
by Enzo
Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hints for a rookie writer?
Replies: 34
Views: 18602

Re: Hints for a rookie writer?

You consider your audience every day, it is no different in print really.<p>COnsider: "How does the car work?" Now consider your response to the following - your 3 year old, your wife/girlfriend (or your favorite stereotype for technically ignorant), fellow engineers.<p>Would you really st...
by Enzo
Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hints for a rookie writer?
Replies: 34
Views: 18602

Re: Hints for a rookie writer?

Here is another small observation.<p>At the top of the thread is the statement, "This topic is comprised of pages 1 and 2." That is wrong. The topic comprises pages 1 and 2. Nothing is "comprised of" anything.<p>This word is misused all the time. If you are unsure, substitute the...
by Enzo
Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hints for a rookie writer?
Replies: 34
Views: 18602

Re: Hints for a rookie writer?

Outlines are important. Don't try to out-think yourself, an outline is nothing more than a description of what you intend to do.<p>The whole point of writing for publication is to convey something to the reader. Be it technical information or just your sense of humor, you have to get your point acro...