Motorola Cross Reference program...

John Robertson

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Jul 28, 2010, 8:10:31 PM7/28/10

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Years ago (1980s?) I had a program from Motorola on 1.4" floppy that
would allow me to input a characteristic and the program would reply
with a list of transistors that matched. I have long since lost it...

Has anyone got a copy or know of something similar? Motorola was
handing this out to anyone that asked, so I would assume it is
essentially public domain.

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Jeff Liebermann

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Jul 28, 2010, 11:37:42 PM7/28/10

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On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:10:31 GMT, John Robertson <sp...@flippers.com>
wrote:

>Years ago (1980s?) I had a program from Motorola on 1.4" floppy that
>would allow me to input a characteristic and the program would reply
>with a list of transistors that matched. I have long since lost it...
>
>Has anyone got a copy or know of something similar? Motorola was
>handing this out to anyone that asked, so I would assume it is
>essentially public domain.
>
>John :-#)#

I probably have one buried somewhere. However, the associated data is
really ancient. Do you really want the old products?

The modern version is online:
<http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/library/prod_lib.jsp>
under "Parametric Seartch".

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jeanyves

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Jul 29, 2010, 2:24:31 AM7/29/10

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On 2010-07-29 05:37:42 +0200, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> said:

> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:10:31 GMT, John Robertson <sp...@flippers.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Years ago (1980s?) I had a program from Motorola on 1.4" floppy that
>> would allow me to input a characteristic and the program would reply
>> with a list of transistors that matched. I have long since lost it...
>>
>> Has anyone got a copy or know of something similar? Motorola was
>> handing this out to anyone that asked, so I would assume it is
>> essentially public domain.
>>
>> John :-#)#
>
> I probably have one buried somewhere. However, the associated data is
> really ancient. Do you really want the old products?
>
> The modern version is online:
> <http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/library/prod_lib.jsp>
> under "Parametric Seartch".

Sorry there doesnt seems to be any transistor in this modern version
quite normal freescale doesnt sell any ..

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Michael A. Terrell

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Jul 29, 2010, 6:49:03 AM7/29/10

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The transistors went to ON: www.onsemiconductor.com

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Meat Plow

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Jul 29, 2010, 7:17:48 AM7/29/10

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On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:10:31 +0000, John Robertson wrote:

> Years ago (1980s?) I had a program from Motorola on 1.4" floppy that
> would allow me to input a characteristic and the program would reply
> with a list of transistors that matched. I have long since lost it...
>
> Has anyone got a copy or know of something similar? Motorola was
> handing this out to anyone that asked, so I would assume it is
> essentially public domain.
>

Didn't Motorola migrate this to a web-based interface?

John Robertson

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Jul 29, 2010, 1:08:16 PM7/29/10

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Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:10:31 GMT, John Robertson <sp...@flippers.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Years ago (1980s?) I had a program from Motorola on 1.4" floppy that
>> would allow me to input a characteristic and the program would reply
>> with a list of transistors that matched. I have long since lost it...
>>
>> Has anyone got a copy or know of something similar? Motorola was
>> handing this out to anyone that asked, so I would assume it is
>> essentially public domain.
>>
>> John :-#)#
>
> I probably have one buried somewhere. However, the associated data is
> really ancient. Do you really want the old products?
>
> The modern version is online:
> <http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/library/prod_lib.jsp>
> under "Parametric Seartch".
>
>

Actually the data that I want is indeed ancient! I am substituting
transistors from the 1970s and need to find better x-refs than ECG etc
provide. Some of the circuits used a specific transistor due to its
exact gain characteristics and others just don't work quite right...

So, if you do have that floppy lying around I really could use a zipped
copy (the return email address is quite valid - spam@fl...).

Thanks!

Michael A. Terrell

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Jul 29, 2010, 1:45:11 PM7/29/10

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Yes, before they spun off ON Semiconductors. Then a lot of useful
information was taken down. All their old data sheets and application
notes were hosted by a contractor and it all disappeared, over night.