IMSAI Score update/Spare BYTEs/Got an Altair too

[Dave Dunfield]

>Don't worry too much about ripple on an S100 supply. The S100 supply is 
>not regulated -- the regulators are on each of the boards (the 8V input 
>is designed to be regulated down to 5V, etc). The regulators should take 
>care of small amounts of ripple on the backplane supply lines.

Agreed: Rich, what I ment when I told you to check for ripple, would be
"big" ripple, which would be an indication of the filter caps having
dried out - not all that likely, but worth checking. The input to the
regulators should not drop below 7v under load.

I always scope supplies under initial load tests - You never know what
odd things you might see...

Regards,
Dave
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