On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM Rob Jarratt via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a VT100 that I was working on a while back and then set aside for a > bit. I have started to look at it again. I have noticed that the Video Shift > Register, a 74S299, gets very hot, I can smell the heat and the chip gets > almost too hot to touch, reaching almost 40 celsius. What if you tried replacing it with a 74F299? Ought to be like half the power dissipation and at least as fast. Unless the sharper edges cause issues.
