[Coco] HD power supply times 10

[Jim Hickle]

so far I've gotten TEN copies of this message



--- On Sun, 3/1/09, Bruce W. Calkins <brucewcalkins at charter.net> wrote:

> From: Bruce W. Calkins <brucewcalkins at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] HD power supply
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Date: Sunday, March 1, 2009, 4:04 PM
> >> Is a power supply for a FD-501 or FD-502
> >> sufficient to power an IDE hard drive (or two?)
> > 
> > That might be a little borderline, Bill.
> 
> The Tandy FD-501 and 502 drives were a little light on the
> power capability. If you got the Tandy second drive kit they
> added a chintzy fan to keep things cool enough to function. 
> And we all know that Tandy never put anything into cooling,
> unless it burned them first.
> 
> Bruce W. 
> 
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