Stewie (SY) is nerding it out on AudioXpress

[SY]

So what was it like when you were a kid and monolithic opamps really were carved from a single rock?

[Salas]

The stability was rock solid back then.

[dchisholm]

Originally Posted by SY

So what was it like when you were a kid and monolithic opamps really were carved from a single rock?

You paid $5 for a uA709 from PolyPaks, aware that it probably wasn't a top-line part but hoping the defect was something that only showed up at a temperature extreme. (And that $5 would easily fill the gas tank on the family sedan.)

Then you hoped you made a good guess at the compensation component values, since High School students had only a vague idea of why they were there, much less any real understanding of how to select values.

Ahhh, "The good old days" - known as "These trying times" before the corporate restructuring.

Dale

[revboden]

Originally Posted by SY

So what was it like when you were a kid and monolithic opamps really were carved from a single rock?

Dang, You guys are older than Carbon Dating.

[SY]

Originally Posted by revboden

Dang, You guys are older than Carbon Dating.

Jan is so old, they hadn't invented carbon yet. They were only up to boron.

[srh]

Jan is so old, he saw the big bang.

[jan.didden]

Did you ever wonder what caused the Big Bang?? What do you think happens when those solid rock carved amps run away thermally? Heck, I INVENTED the second law!

jan

[j.burtt]

So old V-Caps were only a $1.......................