At 08:37 PM 12/17/97 -0800, you wrote:
>At 10:03 PM 12/17/97 -0500, Wynn Rostek wrote:
>Unfortunately, the circuit drawn here will clip the voltage down to about
>0.7 volts.  You have forgotten that zeners still are normal diodes in the
>forward direction....  Simply place the zeners in series instead of
>parallel, and your circuit should work fine, however.
>

Of course you're right. It was fairly late, and I was working from memory.
I should know better by now!