Subject: Re: Good news, bad news
To: Jack Twilley <jmt@twilley.org>
From: Greg A. Woods <woods@weird.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 01/30/2002 21:39:35
[ On Wednesday, January 30, 2002 at 16:46:56 (-0800), Jack Twilley wrote: ]
> Subject: Good news, bad news
>
> The good news is I think I know why my Multia's suffering, and it's a
> frequently enough encountered problem that it's documented
> 
> The bad news is that the 74F623 chip has a bit of brown in its center.
> 
> I don't know if the chip is failing or if it has already failed.  Can
> someone more familiar with the specific problem describe the symptoms
> of a failed 74F623?

The chip gets a little brown in the middle when it fails....   :-)

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