-=> Roy J. Tellason said to Greg Mayman
 -=> about "STILL AROUND" on 10-16-04  04:06.....

 RJT> It still is when you're buying nails.

I don't understand that.

Over here, nails used to sold by length and wire gauge, as in
3" x no.10.

Since we metricated, they are sold by diameter and length, as in
2.5 x 75 mm.
 
 RJT> I never could figure out why the C64 had that key on it.  :-)

I must look at my mates C64 to see which key you mean...

I have been cleaning out my shed and stripping down a pile of
non-working computers. A lot of the early ones had little
metal cased units, about 3/4" x 7/16", that I suspect are
crystal oscillators. Most of these are made by FOX, and one
typical one is labelled
 F1145 8712
 14.318180 MHZ
 FOX JAPAN

There is indeed one not made by FOX, labelled
  SARONIX 87M
  XTAL OSC 15
  48.0000MHZ
   NTC070C
I guess that is pretty definite.

They all have four pins, one near each corner, and I suppose they
operate from the 5v rail. Since they are still on the board, I
should be able to identify the +5v and 0v pins. One of the other
pins would be the output, but the fourth one could be almost
anything.

Does anyone in this echo know anything about these units?

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