Motorola transistor guide circa 1973 says NPN.

Also:

Vce = 60
Icmax = 25 A
hfemin = 20 @ 10A
Pd   = 200 W

Looks beefy enough ...

RF Jim

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From: "Peter L. Peres" <plp@ACTCOM.CO.IL>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [EE]: Power supply rework (again)


> Are the 2N5885s pnp or npn ? They sound like pnp from what you see. In
> that case you need to connect the regulator input to them and a resistor
> between B and Es.
>
> Peter
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