[Coco] HD power supply

[Mike Pepe]

Hey Bill,

I think you've gotten enough responses to this, but I'll throw in a
couple of cents.

You can stick a small switcher power supply in a CoCo floppy case with a
little fan. I've done this and it works great- but given how you
describe your physical condition it may not be something you'd be able
to do.

If I were looking to add an IDE to a CoCo these days, I'd skip the drive
entirely for a couple of reasons.

1: Any hard drive you buy new today would be insanely oversized for the
need
2: Any old drive in the practical range for CoCo use would be so old it
would likely die at any moment

I think the way to go would be to use an IDE to compactflash adapter and
use a 1 to 4 gig CF card. With the tiny power consumption of a CF you
may even be able to install the thing inside the CoCo.



-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
On Behalf Of Bill
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 11:40 AM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: [Coco] HD power supply

Is a power supply for a FD-501 or FD-502 sufficient to power an IDE hard
drive (or two?)

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