Old GE Transistor

[Phlogiston]

Thanks. That is what I thought. When I was a kid I had an electronic experiment kit (board). One of the experiments was to drive a germanium transistor to avalanche conditions and listen to it (as it failed). The instructions never mentioned ruining the transistor. I guess all the other kids that had one of those kits grew up to be guitar amp builders.

I will try to get a picture, but, it is a black "top hat" with a prominently displayed GE logo. I forget what base that is called now (TO-???).

[Einar72]

http://semiconductormuseum.com/Photo...N107_Page2.htm