Steven Rightnar wrote:

> I have seen it everywhere (pull all unused output lines to 5 volts). OK what
> if you dont do this? I have one curcuit that seemed to work fine and I did
> not pull the outputs up.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve

The trick is to TERMINATE the inputs so they don't ast as antennas!

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