Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio

From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio
Date	2025-08-16 10:31 +0100
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On 16/08/2025 06:15, c186282 wrote:
> A Burgess/Regency
> 215 battery was required ...

Nope. early transistor radios were usually 9V or less. 22,5C was for 
portable valve(tube) sets.

There was no need to run germanium transistors at much over 4.5v You 
just wasted power and made them hotter.

-- 
“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit 
atrocities.”

― Voltaire, Questions sur les Miracles à M. Claparede, Professeur de 
Théologie à Genève, par un Proposant: Ou Extrait de Diverses Lettres de 
M. de Voltaire

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Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-16 01:15 -0400
  Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-16 10:31 +0100
  Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio John McCue <jmclnx@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-08-20 15:30 +0000
    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-20 22:38 +0200
      Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-20 23:59 -0400
    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-08-21 08:02 +1000
    Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-21 06:52 +0000
      Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-21 03:34 -0400
      Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-21 12:28 +0200

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