>>The 16C84 is a pretty tough chip though.

>>Yes they really are. I had one in my experimenter board and I
>>was testing something else and powered it with 12V for several
>>minutes. And it's still working great.
Octavio


!!!!!!!Several minutes !!!!! WOW lucky man,it's really hard to believe it
would be that way a second time 'cause  same  hapenned to me  12V just for
several seconds and is gone forever to the trash can.

 Eddy