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Semiconductor Reference Guide
The "Semiconductor Reference Handbook" is intended to be just that- a reference handbook. It is not a definitive textbook on semiconductors. It is a compilation of data on Radio Shack's line of prime-quality ARCHER semiconductors. At the back of the bok is a cross-reference listing for replacement of transistors, diodes and other interchangeable semiconductor devices. The 95,000 replacement listings are based on careful analysis of important parameters.
240 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
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June 26, 2016This is too funny. "Radio Shack" is listed as an author on here.
No, I haven't read, and don't intend to read, this semiconductor guide written by Mr. or Mrs. Radio Shack.
This provides a grand opportunity, though, for me to rant against Radio Shack.
Radio Shack, as we all know, is a company that has run itself into the ground. Some of it has to do with market trends and changing tastes, but a lot of it has to do with managerial incompetence.
Radio Shack used to be a prime source for home electronic and electrical accessories related to same. Then, when that market began to decline they tried to revamp as a cell phone-centered store.
Basically, Radio Shack found a way to appeal to nobody. In growing their phone product lines, that nobody went there to buy, they ignored their longtime customer base, eliminating their traditional product lines.
So, someone like me, who shopped there for decades and still bought product lines there that I still liked and used was increasingly ignored.
I used to buy rechargable batteries there. Then, they replaced their line of batteries with shitty ones that no longer held a decent charge. I got burned. Never bought any more batteries there.
They used to sell electrical cord cheaply in DIY units and lengths that were very affordable. They discontinued that and sold prepackaged lengths you could buy at any department store and tripled the price. I stopped that, too.
They used to be the only place left selling good Maxell and Verbatim CD-rs and DVDrs. They phased those out and now sell the same Memorex brand that every other store sells. I stopped going there for that product.
They and K-Mart were the only places left that sold the affordable Koss titanium-driver headphones that I usually replaced every year or so. They were fragile but they sounded great and I was OK with rebuying them occasionally for $20 a pop. They eliminated that from their inventory. Strike-out again.
At that point, Radio Shack had succeeded in getting rid of every single thing I went there to buy.
What's obscene is that, when CEOS make corporate decisions, they never think to ask the customers why they shop there and what they want to buy there. What's even worse is that absurd amounts of money are moved around and paid at the top to executives who have no fucking clue what they're doing.
Somehow assholes like this get paid to do jobs in a manner that would get me fired.
(kr@ky 2016)
No, I haven't read, and don't intend to read, this semiconductor guide written by Mr. or Mrs. Radio Shack.
This provides a grand opportunity, though, for me to rant against Radio Shack.
Radio Shack, as we all know, is a company that has run itself into the ground. Some of it has to do with market trends and changing tastes, but a lot of it has to do with managerial incompetence.
Radio Shack used to be a prime source for home electronic and electrical accessories related to same. Then, when that market began to decline they tried to revamp as a cell phone-centered store.
Basically, Radio Shack found a way to appeal to nobody. In growing their phone product lines, that nobody went there to buy, they ignored their longtime customer base, eliminating their traditional product lines.
So, someone like me, who shopped there for decades and still bought product lines there that I still liked and used was increasingly ignored.
I used to buy rechargable batteries there. Then, they replaced their line of batteries with shitty ones that no longer held a decent charge. I got burned. Never bought any more batteries there.
They used to sell electrical cord cheaply in DIY units and lengths that were very affordable. They discontinued that and sold prepackaged lengths you could buy at any department store and tripled the price. I stopped that, too.
They used to be the only place left selling good Maxell and Verbatim CD-rs and DVDrs. They phased those out and now sell the same Memorex brand that every other store sells. I stopped going there for that product.
They and K-Mart were the only places left that sold the affordable Koss titanium-driver headphones that I usually replaced every year or so. They were fragile but they sounded great and I was OK with rebuying them occasionally for $20 a pop. They eliminated that from their inventory. Strike-out again.
At that point, Radio Shack had succeeded in getting rid of every single thing I went there to buy.
What's obscene is that, when CEOS make corporate decisions, they never think to ask the customers why they shop there and what they want to buy there. What's even worse is that absurd amounts of money are moved around and paid at the top to executives who have no fucking clue what they're doing.
Somehow assholes like this get paid to do jobs in a manner that would get me fired.
(kr@ky 2016)
January 25, 2013
Fifty pages of Radio Shack devices i detail, followed by 200pages of cross referenced semiconductors! A hobbyists dream come true, especially when the hobbyist is a person like me who salvages parts from old broken equipment. A great resource!
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