[Coco] Coco1 and IDE HD power

[Richard Lorbieski]

Bad idea. The CoCo1 power supply was never intended to power peripherals beyond a ROM cartridge or FDC card.

The older gray MPI (26-3024) MAY and I mean MAY be able to power a small IDE drive with some small modifications.

However, why risk a rare and hard to replace/repair MPI when you can buy an external hard drive for a fraction of the cost of a MPI?

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From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Rietveld Rietveld
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2017 8:00 PM
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Subject: [Coco] Coco1 and IDE HD power

Hi.   Can I safely tie into the power supply on my coco1 or its MPI to power an IDE hard drive?

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