On Wednesday 01 November 2006 21:24, Herbert Graf wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 02:16 +0100, Sean Schouten wrote:
> > On 11/1/06, Paul James E. <jamesp@intertex.net> wrote:
> > > Sean,
> > >
> > > What, pray tell, is an "Oscillator Block"?
> >
> > Well; whatever I was reffering to seems to be broadly known as an CMOS
> > oscillator module thingy. I thought I heard some one whisper something
> > about either aliens or alien technology. They resemble the following:
> > http://www.viewcom.force9.co.uk/images/xosc16p.jpg
>
> FWIW that would be called simply an "oscillator". I've never heard them
> referred to as "oscillator block".
>
> TTYL


And I've always know it as a "canned oscillator" or "oscillator module".
-Neil.

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