On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, ThePicMan wrote:

> At 21.08 2005.04.20 +0200, you wrote:
>> And the winner is.... Bradley Ferguson!!
>>
>> You are absolutely right. There is actually a transistor mounted on 
>> the board. Mystery solved.
>
> BTW: exactly in what regard does a transistor connected that way 
> behave better than a diode?

In the way that it can be pushed into (undesirable) reverse breakdown of 
the BE junction under certain conditions. This occurs at -4..-9V Vbe.

Peter
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