Hi There *are* people who get really surprised when a part they last bought in 1968 comes back with a “no bid” to their inquiry for spares …..
Bob > On Dec 23, 2018, at 7:48 PM, jimlux <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 12/23/18 4:20 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: > >> With 20:20 hindsight, I can speculate about the fact that >> the SRD was made by the HP Semiconductor division and >> was in a non standard package. We now know that this >> would have been a huge time bomb when the day came that >> we couldn't get this diode any more; which surely would >> have happened long before now. Of course who knew that >> the 5071 would still be in production 30 years after >> this decision was made? >> > > and the "market lifetime" of parts today is much shorter. There are lots of > parts from Hittite that were essentially "run on this line only", and when > they moved geometries, they're never to be seen again. > > 5 years is a good run these days. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
