[Coco] MPROM woes (cured)

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 15 November 2008, Bruce W. Calkins wrote:
>> Ok, the problem was that the source voltage was just not high enough.  I
>> put 3 brand new alkaline batteries in the harness and now the unit is
>> writing a 27128.  :)
>> This is an issue I dealt with many years ago, going through many batteries
>> just because they fell below something like 8.5v and didn't supply over
>> 25v to the regulator.
>>
>> --
>> Roger Taylor
>
>So, what would happen if we put four 9v batteries in series?  A starting
>point of 36 volts into the regulator should hold up a while longer.
>
>Bruce W.

Likely instant smoke Bruce, I don't think that board has a real tight 
regulator.

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