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Re: AppleColor RGB all-red display



Alex Freed <alex_news@alexfreed.com> wrote:
> On 10/18/2011 10:41 AM, D Finnigan wrote:
> 
>> I just researched the transistor number, and it appears to be a standard
>> part: C2688.
>> 
>> <http://search.digikey.com/us/en/cat/discrete-semiconductor-products/transistors-bjt-single/1376376?k=c2688>
> 
> Standard, yes. But not a stocked item. Nothing magical about it: easy to
> find a substitute. Key parameters are 300V, 10 Watt, 200 mA max current,
> hFE 40 to 150 and 50 MHz.
> 
> http://alltransistors.com/crsearch.php?mat=Si&struct=npn&pc=10W&ucb=300V&uce=300V&ueb=5V&ic=0.2&tj=150%C2%B0C&ft=50MHz&cc=3&hfe=40/160&mnf=&caps=
> 
> 81 results found :)
> 
> -Alex.

Wow!  That seems inordinately beefy for a video output transistor. ;-).
10W?  And 300v seems like a lot for a transistor stage that only needs to
drive a CRT grid/cathode...  

Sounds like a significant overdesign. 

-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon