i fucking love the lm13700. it's just real
“we have an output buffer at home”
output buffer at home: [a single npn darlington pair]
and yet it works great! iunno it's just weirdly cute to me
i picked up a tube of them for cheap off mouser right before the dip version got discontinued “just in case” even tho like surface mount is still available and cheaper and better i just think they're neat! ( i kept saying i was gonna use them for something but i never have oh well )