Re: IIgs to arcade monitor experiment

[MdntTrain <js@cimmeri.com>]

On Apr 24, 6:55 pm, Alex Freed <al...@mirrow.com> wrote:
> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> >> Have you thought of a common-bas configuration, because the source
> >> impedance is
> >> low and the ouput impedance is high?
>
> > Very nice!  A good place for the rarely-used cascode stage.
>
> Hate to correct you, but a cascode amp consists of TWO transistors.
> (Or vacuum tubes, back when it was invented :))
> It helps fight the Miller effect making it easier to get high bandwidth.
>
> Way off-topic, but the DUAL GATE FETs could be viewed as a single
> transistor cascode amp.
>
> -Alex.

  Thank you for ending my confusion.   I knew what a cascode was from
my tube tinkerings.. and have been trying to make sense of what
Michael said since last night.  I always assume him to be right unless
proven otherwise.. ;-)