Date   : Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:37:00 +0200
From   : kortink@... (John Kortink)
Subject: ReTuLa now available

Atom aficionados may want to take advantage of the
following, while they're still on offer :

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7534356252

I've bought these and recently installed them in my
carefully rebuilt Atom (based on one of the Issue 5
PCBs that were being sold on Ebay a while ago), and
they work perfectly well.

Being CMOS and, especially, having an auto power down mode,
these save a huge amount of current. To wit, my basically
kitted-out Atom with the standard 4 2114s, mind you, of the
'L' variety, draws 600 mA at the prompt. With 4 21C14s, 450
mA. With 24 21C14s, 460 mA. So, roughly speaking, with full
RAM, you save around 65% power and corresponding heat (or
roughly 35 mA per 2114L, probably a lot more still compared
to regular 2114s).

Have fun.


John Kortink

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