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From: lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
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Message-ID: <1941@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 2 Nov 88 14:44:53 GMT
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In <1367@fbog.UUCP>, dbk@fbog.UUCP (Dave B. Kinzer @ Price Rd. GEG) writes:
>   All over the Amiga, and specifically on the joystick port, there are
> some devices with the prefix "FB".  So, just what are these things?   Are
> they FET current limiting diodes?  Are they bi-directional FET current
> limiting diodes?  Am I way off base?  Any help is appreciated.

Those are FCC pacifiers, otherwise known as Ferrite Beads.

-larry

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