Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!gryphon!pnet02!collins From: collins@pnet02.gryphon.com (Steven Collins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: 2 Ext. Floppies on A500? Message-ID: <24875@gryphon.COM> Date: 17 Jan 90 16:00:44 GMT Sender: root@gryphon.COM Organization: People-Net [pnet02], Redondo Beach, CA. Lines: 18 I built a 2 drive bay for from a pair of NEC drives for the (ack!) IBM, and they have been running very happily on my A500 for a couple of months. I have even plugged another drive onto the end of the chain and used 3 externals on several occasions. As a satisfied A1000 user for several years, I foolishly skipped reading the A500 'USER' manual word for word. , so until now, I had no idea you were only supposed to put one external drive on an A500!! This is certainly not mentioned in any of the technical documentation I read in the course of building the interface for these drives. (is it?). I guess the power supply sizing probably knocked a couple of bucks of the A500 price, but I wonder if the limited expandability is really worth it... steve collins ps: Are there any other little A500 suprises I should be aware of??? UUCP: {ames!elroy, }!gryphon!pnet02!collins INET: collins@pnet02.gryphon.com