MIKE ROSS wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 MR> "Roy J. Tellason" bravely wrote to "all" (12
Jan 04  20:17:13)  ---
 MR> on the heady topic of "bag of chips"

 RJT> I just noticed,  after cleaning a bunch of stuff off my desk,  that
 RJT> the chips are still in the bag here,  I thought I'd put them in with
 RJT> my other parts.
 RJT> Included in that bag are also a couple of red LEDs,  and some other
 RJT> bits including:
 RJT> 2 1N4001 rectifiers
 RJT> 2 small-signal diodes (marked, but I can't make it out even with my
 RJT> stronger magnifying glass) 2 1N4733 5v/1w zener diodes
 RJT> 1 CA747 (dual op amp?) chip
 RJT> 1 LM3900 (quad comparator?) chip
 RJT> 1 NE565 PLL chip
 RJT> 3 741 op amp chips
 RJT> 2 LM310 buffer chips
 RJT> 1 555 timer chip
 RJT> 1 311 op amp chip
 RJT> 1 LF356 FET-input op amp chip

 RJT> I wonder what they had in mind when they put this together?

 MR> Shouldn't you be asking someone like MacGyver...? ;-)
 MR> Man, there seems like a million things one could make out of that
 MR> list! 

Sure.  But why two zeners,  and at that voltage?  Why two LEDs?  Not more, 
or less...  And why that 565 chip?

Maybe it was just an "assortment" but that 565 speaks toward some
specific project or purpose or something.

What would *you* make with these parts?

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