> One not-so-obvious use of a TO-18 package is that you can cut the
> top off to expose the die and use it as an opto-transistor. Works
> quite well.

Joe, could you give me some insight on this? sounds really interesting, but=
 a first search on google produced nothing but datasheets of phototransisto=
rs
Thank you,
Jacopo
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