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From: piglet <erichpwagner@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The Venerable 741
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 23:12:46 -0000 (UTC)
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Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
> It's been around an awfully long time and there are far better
> alternatives out there. But is there still a case for using them in
> certain niche applications in 2024? 
> 

As recently as 2006 I designed 741s into a product, mainly on their
availability and price, I think they were being dumped on the market at the
time. Now they are very unattractive.

My favourite op amp of that era though is the LM301 which has the very
useful feature of input common mode range up to positive supply rail.

uA709 was my first but 741 blew them away.

-- 
piglet