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[Lee Hart]

Dan Lanciani wrote:
> |The 7905 should be mounted on a heatsink

Not in this case. The regulator only powers the -5v of an 8080 and a
triple-supply ROM. Current drain is very low, so no heatsink is needed.
And there WAS no heatsink on the H8 board.

> |Verify that the exposed metal back is ground, if it's not,
> |you will need an insulator.
> 
> Do there actually exist any 7905s where the metal case or tab
> is ground?

Not that I know of. On pretty much all the negative voltage regulators,
the heatsink tab is NOT ground!
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