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In article <24441@cup.portal.com> ISW@cup.portal.com (Isaac S Wingfield) writes:
>...you *really* have to look for germanium. I know for a fact that many
>1N34's (classic germanium diode) are now made from silicon; last time
>I required germanium was about 15 years ago, and out of all the 1N34
>manufacturers, only ITT's were Ge. Nowadays, I dunno.

Um, possibly this is a reflection of my ignorance, but I always figured
that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, you might as well
treat it as a duck -- isn't there an agreed-on standard for the forward
drop of a 1N34?  (I don't have a spec sheet handy.)  If so, do I really
care whether it's germanium, silicon, or praseodymium in there?
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