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From: jhc00614@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: More on Trumpcard 500
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Date: 18 Jan 90 10:32:17 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!jhc00614    Jan 17 00:36:00 1990


     Addendum to the above external power supply to Trumpcard 500 hack.
DON'T forget to move the two internal jumpers in the right-back corner of
the inside of the Trumpcard box so the power supplied to both drive and
card will come from the external source through the din 5 plug.
     Also, I strongly suggest getting a 3" muffin fan to slap on the left
side of the Trump box at the vents.  It's noisy but it keeps it cool.
     Lastly, I have to say the more I use the Trumpcard, the happier I am
with it.  It outperforms the Impact for a lesser price.  You don't have to
purchase a slow 20 meg SCSI as with the A590 (and it doesn't have any
compatibility problems).  Lastly, it costs less the the Xetec and you don't
have to boot off of an OFS partition.  Speedwise, I have heard the Xetec is
faster but people on PLink have told me the Trumpcard is designed "cleaner"
than the Xetec, whatever that means.  (Note, if you wan't to add memory,
the power supply will cost extra, and if you add a muffin fan (outrageously
priced at $15 from RadioSchack), it comes pretty much near the price of the
Xetec.  Who knows, maybe the Infinity Machine by MAST will someday put
my system to shame, but life is short...
     Also, if you decide to do what I have done, call IVS.  The guys there
were very helpful.  And, if you want to save even more money, forgo the
hard drive case and just buy an XT power supply which supplies 150 watts
and costs around $45 dollars (though where you are going to put the thing
beats me).
                                           Later
                                         Jason