[ucc] overclocking: the saga continues

[Grahame Bowland]

> On Nov 06, Ian McKellar scrawled :

> On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 11:19:05PM +0800, Duncan Sargeant wrote:
> > Yesterday I did some more overclocking of my Smellyron.  Nail polish
> > sucks.  Don't use nail polish, especially cheap nail polish.  It
> > scratches off quite easily.  I found some sticky tape and cut little
> > squares out and used that to cover the pins.  It is a lot more robust
> > than the nail polish.
> 
> Well, nail polish (the same nail polish that dunc used) works fine for me :-P
> 
> My machine has been completly stable under Linux (including with seti at home 
> and kernel compiles), but under Win98 it hangs while scrolling in Internet
> Explorer - of course that could have _nothing_ to do with overclocking :-)

That scrolling in IE thing amazes me. It somehow manages to not be smooth
on an unloaded PIII/450. By the way, why are you guys using nail polish/
cellotape? If you're after resistance why not use a _resistor_ - there must be
some way of getting the resistor between pin and connector. The if you figure
out a Thevenin equivalent for the chip circuit you can get the resistor value 
just right for the voltage you want.

I wonder if the above attempt to apply my first year engineering circuits
course was even vaguely correct? :)

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Grahame Bowland

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