At 07:41 PM 2/17/2006, Gerhard Fiedler wrote: >If one can't sensibly distinguish (abbreviated) millifarad from microfarad, >how can one distinguish milliampere from microampere? Or, the other way >'round, if one can distinguish milliampere from microampere, why can't one >distinguish millifarad from microfarad? It is correct that capacitors in mF >ranges (or F ranges) were rare twenty (or fifty) years ago, but so were >SOIC cases. I just use them, and call them what they are. Some of the (really) old schematics I used to deal with were pretty consistent: they contained both "mf" and "mmf" designations. But I don't remember that usage continuing past the mid 1960's. dwayne -- Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax Celebrating 22 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2006) .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .- `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist