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[Grant Stockly]

>I guess that a basic stamp wouldn't be a good device to use
>in a space station. I wonder what fails?
>Dwight

Well, from what I remember there was a PIC microcontroller and a small 
EEPROM chip.  I don't think it could have been the PIC because those hold 
right next to the AVR I mentioned.

It could have been something as simple as the voltage regulator.  It would 
power up and only rarely work.  Other times it would just spasm its 
outputs.  This wasn't an isolated case.  : (  I ended up doing my first AVR 
machine language program because of it.  : )