Thanks for the clarification on MOSFETs and speed. My original opinion was biased (reverse-biased?) by my experiences with the old MPF102.
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If your processor was full of bipolars, you'd really be sucking some serious juice!
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Ohhhhhh, yeah! I remember an old character generator that was the size of a small refrigerator, built around TTL, and required something like 20 amps just for the +5v logic! Going further back I also remember RTL, which really pulled some serious current! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif