[blam]

"Continuing the analogy, National (and Fairchild) were the Whigs."

Hmmmm.

Fairchild was bought by National.
National was bought Texas Instruments.
(TI has all those Fairchild and National patents, some are significant)

I retired from Texas Instruments.

Full circle, eh?

[Pearls Before Swine]

Thanks for the memories, er, chips!