7 Apr
1997
7 Apr
'97
11:06 a.m.
> No - we're using
computer-assisted equipment from the 60's (74
> type logic) where the tanatalum's are going short-circuit or leaky, so
> allow for a 20-30 year lifetime.
It sounds like you just may have a bunch of cruddy capacitors (or a power
supply problem that is not killing the chips). I have never found a bad
tantalum capacitor. William Donzelli
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-tony
ard12(a)eng.cam.ac.uk
The gates in my computer are AND,OR and NOT, not Bill