II> True... I wouldn't get one of those "bargan packs"... IMO, they 
 II> are probably the rejects that didn't meet any of the standard 
 II> specs... 
I figured as much...
There was one pack of "2N2222" transistors,  which I tested some of with a 
curve tracer and found breakdown voltages as low as six volts! 
 II> You are likely to get red, green, yellow, IR, (two different 
 II> wavelengths), and if you are lucky, maybe even a bipolar 
 II> red/green.
Never found the latter,  and if any of them were IR,  I'd assume that they 
weren't working or whatever.
 II> I's just as soon leave those toys to the experimenters who will 
 II> play with anything they get. I'd MUCH rather get them in 
 II> packages of 1 or 2.  That way you know what you are getting.
I *was* experimenting with those at the time.  Didn't care for tight specs, 
cheap was the thing.  Not a big deal to end up throwing a couple away when I 
got a pack of twenty for a couple of dollars.  These days I'll more likely go 
for a pack of 100 from some other source.

 RJT> Dunno why you are writing this to me instead of to him...
 II> Sorry, actually, I was writing it to anyone who may have use
 II> for the information.  :-}
Ok...
 II> ... Quick!  Hand me that solar-powered flashlight!   :-}
 RJT> Was it dark when you were looking at the from: and to: lines?  
 RJT> :-)
 II> Musta been.   :->

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