[Coco] Re: Any problem with connecting 2 floppies to one power supply?

[Richard E. Crislip]

Hello John

On 02/01/04, John Guin wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I have a singel floppy drive system for my coco I bought back in the 80s.
> I have a second 5 1/4" drive to add to it and it fits inside the case, and
> I have a cable which allows two floppies. The power supply is the problem
> - it only has one connector. Is it possible to add a splitter which would
> power both drives? Does the coco ever access both at the same time, and if
> not, can anyone see any problems with connecting 2 floppies to the single
> power supply?

Yes you can do that, but you also need to put a cooling fan in there because
the power supply will need it because it's working harder.

Regards
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Cruisen                                                    _|_
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                                             Richard