General_Failure wrote:
Michael J. Mahon wrote:As others have said, a 7905 will do the job fine. The *actual* drain on -5v is almost neglibible. I'd be surprised to see more than 50ma. It just isn't that useful.That really is a tiny drain. It's a shame it's needed at all. It'd make my job easier if it weren't.
It's really just a "bias" supply...though a card could choose to use it for something else, I've never seen it. -michael Parallel computing for 8-bit Apple II's! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it is seriously underused."