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[Dave Dunfield]

>>The 7905 should be mounted on a heatsink, you can use the same
>>heatsink as the other regulators are on.  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?

I've never seen any variant of the 7905 where the tab was ground (really
inconvienent)... However, the current requirements of an 8080 on the -5v
supply are < 1ma I doubt he needs to headsink the regulator.

Regards,
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