rogues galleries

[Tony Duell]

> 
> Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
> > I still have my (almost) fully-loaded Atom
> 
> I was hoping that by 'fully loaded' you meant that it had the BBC BASIC, 
> Econet and Colour boards :-) (I've never seen a real example of the latter, 
> although I know that there's at least one in the UK)

What does the colour board look like, and where does it fit?

> You know, I have a feeling that you can get 7805 regulators that'll handle 2A 

There's the 78S05 (2A ,in a plastic TO220 pacakge, like the plain 7805) 
and the 78H05 (5A, in a metal TO3 pacakge)

> There's a lot of Atoms out there that have had the regulators bypassed, no 
> sticker added, and then subsequently had 9V shoved through them :(

s/through/across/

Ouch. I am sure that cooks a few ICs...

-tony