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About my STK-500 running too hot on a 12 volt (regulated) rail:  It 
has been sitting on the desk running the Switches & LEDS sample program 
that ships with it, with all the LEDS illuminated, for over 72 hours 
continuously, and the regulators and bridge rectifier are barely warm to 
the touch.   Maybe your units are older, and of the older design. Unlike 
the older STK-500s, the newer ones come with an ATmega8535 and an 
ATtiny2313, as opposed to an AT90S8515 and an AT90S1200 soldered to the 
PCB.  Perhaps Atmel redeisgned the power stages to have more oomph, at 
the same time?

tom

(Oh,. I **FINALLY** got things running.  My errors were multiple, and 
stupid (as I suspected all along *sigh*)

Thanks to one and all for your assistance./
tom