Re: Getting Old

[Ron Wickersham <rjw@alembic.com>]

hi Tom,

i've been using 1N4148 in place of 1N914 devices.   the typical specs
are exactly the same for both devices, so far as i can tell they are
virtually identical.

how many do you need?   i can send you 50 or 100 of them.

-ron
 

On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Tom Droege wrote:

> I am reminded that I am getting old.  I went to buy 1N914A diodes for use 
> in the current run of camera heads.  Digi-Key no longer carries 
> them.  Sigh!  They do not carry very much in axial lead devices.  I first 
> started using 1N914s in 1960.  I guess that is a long time for a part to 
> last.  No doubt one can still get them somewhere.  I substituted a 
> rectifier diode that I could get for them since they are only used for 
> transient protection.  RIP 1N914.  I will follow you (but not too soon, I 
> hope).
> 
> Tom Droege
> 
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