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Transistor Porn
| Sexy pics of electronic components from your grandpa's time. |
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The GE 2N43. One of the first transistors mass produced. Check the links page for some sites that detail the history of transistors such as this. |
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 | I was lucky enough to come across these things in the TV station I used to work at. they were still wrapped in their foam! | |
 | Unfortunately, the foam was so old, it completey fell apart when I took the transistors out for testing. Crap, did I breath any of that?! | |
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A close up of the 2N43. |
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2N396. Individual styrofoam packaging! |
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2N502. This is a popular one for fuzz circuits. |
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Sprague's 2N502. On loan from Spacely Sprockets, electronics division. To the moon or bust. |
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2N966 from TI. |
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2N966 packaging. |
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Motorola 2N967 in packaging. |
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Sylvania's 2N967. |
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Backside of the Sylvania 2N967 package. |
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TI's 2N1039 and 2N1303. |
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Texas Instruments 2N1374. |
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Germaniums that weren't encased in epoxy or plastic were seated in open cans that were filled with either an "insogel" (shown here) or "molecular sieve" powder for keeping moisture out. Great in coffee. |
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Inside of a Germanium 2N1305 transistor. This one was filled with "molecular sieve", which washed away very easily to reveal the tiny Germanium ingot and assembly. |
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Another internal view of the above 2N1305. |
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