[Coco] HD power supply

[Bill]

Well, what if I just gut an old computer and get the power supply from it,
mount IT in the FD-501 (or 502) case and go from there?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-
> bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Bruce W. Calkins
> Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 4:05 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] HD power supply
> 
> 
> >> 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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