> Regarding the BC546B, the Philips datasheet indicates a footprint of EBC
> looking at the face of the transistor
> (http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/acrobat/datasheets/BC546_547_3.pd
> f)

Uh-uh, sorry, have another look at PINNING and Fig1. It's how I
always expect a 54x

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