At 12:20 PM 2/22/00 -0800, you wrote: >Yep that 70ms typical (well usually like 90ms) >start up seems to more than enough for most of us. >Sometimes external circuitry doesn't like some >pins in certain states at start up, but that >usually can be designed around. Just gotta >watch what kinda I/O you're connected to. Those >few pesky open drain ones come to mind. he he he... > >-Walt > Yeah, and how many times have those durn external signals kept the chip turned on (after Vcc is down) via leakage thru the clamping diodes on the I/O pins? 1, 2, 3, ...., (10)powerN. - Dan Michaels Oricom Technologies http://www.sni.net/~oricom ==================