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At 12:37 AM 9/25/04 -0400, you wrote:
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>As far as a switching replacement you might take a look at these
>
>http://focus.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/pt78st105.pdf
>
>I've not used them so I can't say how good they are.  You would need to
>check their thermal performance but a quick glance looks good.  I'm not
>100% sure they fit in a to-220 outline but if I am remembering correctly
>the rep that pointed them out to me once upon a time said they either did
>or were close.

A followup to an old post on the assumption there are a few people here who 
may be interested.  I ran across this switching replacement for a 7805 
while looking for shunts and associated panel meters.

http://store.datel.com/cgi-bin/datel.storefront/417488ce057cc09c271d0c9f89420719/UserTemplate/1?BodyContent=newdpm#dpm1

I particularly like the wording "Prices start at $4.95 for huge quantities".

Robert

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