>Unless you guarantee a minimum load it will
>be 'chaotic' <g> in operation.

I understand that. My reckoning is that the minimum load will be a 16F877(A)
running at 3.6MHz, and miscellaneous 74HC logic, along with a MAX202, an
FTDI FT232B and maybe a power LED, so I figured a minimum load should not be
too much trouble.

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