Hi Smeezekitty, Not to take this TOO far OT (How could we BE farther??) , What is the background to your unusual Sig??
Agree with ALL your reasons; About 1964 I built a string of RCA Silicon Diodes with parallel R and C to replace a pair of 8008's in an RCA 1Kw broadcast transmitter. After too many cold-morning trips to fix circuit-breaker dropout on 8008 arc-back.
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