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From: D.C.Halliday@newcastle.ac.uk (D.C. Halliday)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Rolling your own HD
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Date: 4 Aug 90 11:51:41 GMT
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In article <9008020410.AA09807@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu> boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) writes:
>Well folks, I am going to take the plunge and buy a HD.  One question comes
>to mind about power.  Will the ICD host adaptor need a line from the power
>supply?  Will it be the same type that goes into the drive mech?  Any hints
>or suggestions will be welcome, I will post a summery.  I plan to use a power
>supply for a PC case (200w), and it has 3 of the standard 4 (or maybe 5) pin
>trapezoidal power plugs coming out of it.  Also, what software is best/required
>to boot my system from my HD, and to get around the 16mb partition size limit?

The  ICD  Advantage addapter comes with a power lead that plugs into a
power supply at one end and splits to provide power for one drive  and
the  host board. The standard PC power suply (200w) should be fine for
about 5 Drives. The ICD software also comes with the host adapter  and
will overcome the 16MB limit. Note: if you have TOS 1.4 + the limit is
actualy 32MB.

Dave H.
(D.C.Halliday@newcastle.ac.uk)