PET 6540 ROM operating temperature

[John Kaur]

My general rule, is if cannot hold your finger on for a count of five, you
need fan directly on it (or sink, Robertson said), & experience has told
me, that one-two years life!!
John Kaur. in AZ where its hot>

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 10:39 PM, John Robertson <pinball at telus.net> wrote:

> On 11/19/2014, 5:47 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
>
>> Hey all --
>>
>> A quick one -- what's the normal operating temperature for the old MPS6540
>> ROMs used in the original Commodore PETs?  I noticed last night after
>> running mine for ~30 minutes that the ROMs were very hot, to the point of
>> being painful to touch.
>>
>> The machine is running fine as far as I can tell -- though I haven't
>> verified the contents of the ROMs, BASIC runs without any apparent issues.
>> Voltages are normal (just a shade under 5V).
>>
>> I've not experienced ROM chips that run so very hot -- is this normal?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Josh
>>
>>  A fan is a good idea on older electronics. the cooler they run the
> longer they last. A heat sink epoxied to the top of hot ceramic devices is
> not bad either...
>
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