I had an unpleasant experience about 30 years ago (yeah, before the web existed and you had to use *printed* databooks...) with a comparator because I failed to read the datasheet correctly. I didn't realize it had an open-drain output, and I nearly went berserk trying to figure out why the bloody thing's output never went high. After adding a pullup resistor I got the output to go high, but it wasn't a nice sharp edge. Since my only source for parts at that time was Radio Shack, options were limited.
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