On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Howard McGinnis wrote:

*>I've come to the conclusion that all the F series one's are tough.
*>
*>I've had chips in backwards, put them in right, still OK. I had an '873
*>based board have over 36 volts on the +5 after the 78L05 fried. The program
*>was gone, but it reprogrammed OK.
*>
*>A lot tougher than the 16CXX-JW light bulbs....

The non-JW 16CXX were also tough. The reason is the bonding wires lose
heat to the epoxy so they can take much more heat than in a JW.

Peter

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