[R-390] That's more like it!!!

[mikea]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 05:08:43PM -0500, Jim Brannigan wrote:

[snip]

> I ordered the "Experimenters" kit of 1% metal film resistors from Mouser.
> To my dismay, they use a completely different color code scheme and the
> colors are not as vibrant as on the old resistors, they to be inspected
> carefully so the right value is selected.

I tend to do my inspection of resistors with an ohmmeter. Small labels
with the value written on get wrapped around one lead. Very much more
difficult to do with SMDs, but I avoid them anyway, in favor of stuff 
where I can read values without a magnifier. 

-- 
Mike Andrews
mikea@mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin