->> its been a while since i went looking for linear taper... back then, they
->> we
->> getting hard to find... the explanation to me was that they were hard to
->> mak
->> because of having to get the resistance to rise at the same slope across
->> the
->> whole surface...
 DW>
 DW> Why would that be harder than making the resistance change
 DW> logarithmically?

i dunno... i don't design, engineer or manufacture them ;)

all i know is what i was told at some point back in the past when i went
looking for some for a project...

)\/(ark