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From: Marc Nicholas <marc@rednet.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: problems with miniboard
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In article <CJ2AqH.D4J@ariel.cs.yorku.ca> KEN E WILLMOTT,
cs911225@ariel.cs.yorku.ca writes:
>That should read "Any unused *input* pins....". You would never
>tie an output to ground or power that way. In that case, an
>output that was inadvertently set to the other logic state
>would be short circuited, causing the chip to overheat.
>So, just tie up your unused inputs.

Yup........my mistake.....I'm now burning in hell! :*)


Marc.
