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G8UWM-MildMartin · 22nd Sep 2019, 2:15 am

I vaguely remember buying a "bargain" pack of red LEDs in the mid-70s that weren't very good at all, probably from Tandy.
Then mail-ordering a kit for an LED alarm clock kit in the late 70s, but they had run out and sent me a ready-built Hanimex one instead, which worked for decades.
Some of the LEDs in the earlier (1978) equipment I repair at Work are quite dim now and require replacement, but only one or two have ever actually completely died.

22nd Sep 2019, 2:15 am	#4
G8UWM-MildMartin Heptode Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK. Posts: 827	Re: Your first experience with LEDs? I vaguely remember buying a "bargain" pack of red LEDs in the mid-70s that weren't very good at all, probably from Tandy. Then mail-ordering a kit for an LED alarm clock kit in the late 70s, but they had run out and sent me a ready-built Hanimex one instead, which worked for decades. Some of the LEDs in the earlier (1978) equipment I repair at Work are quite dim now and require replacement, but only one or two have ever actually completely died.