I'm a beginner and picked up this nifty dual LCD module at hamfest
(http://tinyurl.com/cnpvgv).

Anyway, it connects to the serial port of your computer, but requires
a "7805 or equivalent voltage regulated power supply of 5v."
The seller said you could just plug the red end to part of your
keyboard port for the 5V.

Is there a better solution?  As a beginner 5V seems common for PIC's
and other homebrew projects.  What do you all recommend as an
inexpensive way to get this? Preferably something I can plug into the
wall so I'm not using batteries.

Sidenote: I went to Radio Shack to see what they had, and the lady
asked what amperage. Seemed like an honest question as I dont know
"what a computer uses?" lol. The page or the LCD kit doesn't mention
it. So any pointers there are also appreciated.

Thanks,
Josh
kd8fmz
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