Re: Why JFET amp instead of Non-inv Op amp? Do they both not have high Imp?

Jim Thompson wrote...
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> Fred Abse wrote:
>
>> Jim Thompson wrote:
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>>> I know, I speak from experience... had a very raw ass after my
>>> first week in Germany ;-)
>>
>> Thought you Arizonans still had a catalog hanging from a nail :-)
>
> Not in Arizona, but, as a kid in West Virginia, the Sears catalog
> was prominent in the outhouse on my grandparent's farm in Pendleton
> County.
>
> But, in the late 1940's, there was rural electrification (IIRC, "REA",
> actually started by FDR, but very slow moving to encompass the whole
> country) which allowed the use of electric-powered water pumps.
>
> So my father and all his brothers went together and plumbed the farm
> house for running water, flush toilets, septic tank, etc.
>
> ...Jim Thompson

Rural electrification, started by FDR as you say, something that
wouldn't have happened under a GW Bush utility-privatization scheme.
We privatized here in MA, and have been royally screwed as result.
Reminds me of California. Thankfully we escaped their mess, so far.


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Thanks,
- Win
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