Re: Wanted: LM-709 (Spice model) National Op-Amp


"Jim Thompson" <thegreatone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 03:55:07 GMT, "Robert" <Robert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> He castigates Spice to this very day. When we were fellow students at
> MIT he was a wee bit kooky (charging up flights of stairs like Teddy
> Roosevelt in "Arsenic and Old Lace")... and he's still kooky.
>
> Have you been to one of his "seminars"? I went to one last year that
> was here in Phoenix, just to say "Hi". Technical content zero, funny
> marketing presentation, yes.
>
> His columns seem to have virtually no technical comment anymore, just
> what vitamins he's taking, and how long he can go without taking a
> leak ;-)
>
> ...Jim Thompson

Doesn't surprise me. Reminds me of people that took a life long aversion to
electronic calculators because slide rules were so much better.

Haven't been to any seminars. Did enjoy some of his technical articles on
Bandgaps and such on the National Web site. But they were mixed in with a
lot more non-technical stuff.

And as for "kooks", I've known a lot worse.

Robert


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