Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!sun-barr!newstop!sun!stpeter!cmcmanis From: cmcmanis@stpeter.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: 2 Ext. Floppies on A500? Message-ID: <130259@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 15 Jan 90 20:03:59 GMT References: Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Reply-To: cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) Distribution: comp Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 27 In article (Dan Vander Ploeg) writes: >Since I received only 3 responses to this question from comp.sys.amiga, I'm >appealing to the mighty wizards of .tech and the high gurus of C=. That is because you didn't ask a valid question. >>> Since the aftermarket drives claim to draw only 1/4 the power of the old >>> 1010, can I safely run two external drives on my 1-meg A500? The Master >>> drive specifically says you can't, my local Amiga dealer says you can't. >>> What gives? What kind of answer do you want? One that says "Sure go do it." If that is what you are looking for than you are out of luck. It isn't supported, so no one is going to tell you it will work for sure in your case. The correct answer is "You can't, it isn't supported." Is it that you don't understand that or do you just want something that isn't available? You can try it though, and you can hack the power supply to give you more juice, and you can solder in some external power or whatever else you choose. But the official answer is still, "No, it isn't supported." Sorry. --Chuck McManis uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: cmcmanis ARPAnet: cmcmanis@Eng.Sun.COM These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you. "If it didn't have bones in it, it wouldn't be crunchy now would it?!"