On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, William Chops Westfield wrote: *>Um. I've found ebay to be an unexpectedly reasonable source for some *>electronics components. There's a guy selling 50 SMT transistors with *>a couple hundred assorted SMT resistors and caps for about $10 incuding *>postage (nfceramics?) Speaking of ceramics, can ayone please point to a website that describes the usual assignments of color marks on disc ceramic caps (NPO etc etc). My books have no data on this. I seem to remember that black on top is NPO but I also have white yellow and green and red. I know that there is no one standard for this marking, but any pointers are welcome. Peter -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics