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["Douglas C. Smith" <doug@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Michael,

I remember those capacitors. They were made by a company that also made
little bus bars that were used to carry power and ground around on two
layer boards. I don't remember the manufacturer, but if I do I will let
you know. I have copied this email to Dieter Eisenlohr. There is a good
chance he will know the answer.

Doug

Michael_Greim@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> On a non dissimilar tangent, I was generating
> a historical piece on the evolution of decoupling
> and ran into a memory hole that I was hoping
> that you could help me with.  Back in the mid
> 80s when we still had dips with power pins on the
> corners, there was a flat capacitor that would
> fit under the chips and whose leads would fit into
> the same holes as the dip power pins, making contact.
> I used these all the time, but for the life of me
> can't remember what they were called.  Does anyone
> remember this ancient technology and what it was
> called?  Thanks for the help.  Vintage engineers,
> where are you???  Any other interesting stories or
> technology from the dark ages would be much appre
> ciated.
> 
> 
> 
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