Path: utzoo!attcan!lsuc!becker!bdb
From: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: vertically-mounted floppies
Message-ID: <14063@becker.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jun 90 05:13:14 GMT
References: <1990May25.184349.24830@cbnewsj.att.com> <1990May28.010513.3392@hybrid.UUCP> <23640@rphroy.UUCP> <1990May31.035625.18728@hybrid.UUCP>
Reply-To: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker)
Organization: G. T. S., Toronto, Ontario
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In article <1990May31.035625.18728@hybrid.UUCP> mdapoz@hybrid.UUCP (Mark Dapoz) writes:
|[...]
|Yes you can, I did, but be aware that the 3B1 power supply can't really
|handle the load which two hard drives put on it.  Take it from experience,
|I blew a 3B1 power supply after trying to do just that (it worked for 
|about a month though :-).  I now have my two drives being powered by
|an additional 300W power supply which is also in the new case.

	I think Mark had a spot of bad luck -
	I've been running 2 drives on a 3B1
	power supply for months, without a
	hint of trouble. Thee drives are large
	Maxtors (1105 & 2190). The supply seems
	to run slightly hotter, but the top of
	the 3B1 case doesn't seem too warm...

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