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From: dave@westmark.WESTMARK.COM (Dave Levenson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Adding second hard drive to Sierra power supply
Message-ID: <1189@westmark.WESTMARK.COM>
Date: 9 Oct 90 11:37:01 GMT
References: <90281.193807BKL100@psuvm.psu.edu>
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In article <90281.193807BKL100@psuvm.psu.edu>, BKL100@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
> I would like to add a secondary hard drive to my system, but I am unsure how to
>  do it with my Sierra Baby AT 200 watt power supply.  Currently, I have a Seaga
> te 251-1 hard drive and two floppies connected to an Everex model 346 controlle
> r with MFM interface.  Each of these drives gets power from a four prong female
>  connector ...
> here is a fourth connector coming from the power supply with the same color wir
> es, but it is much smaller in size than the other three.  How will this connect
...

The smaller connector is for a 3.5" drive.  You should get one of
those 'Y' adaptors that allows you to connect one of your existing
full-size power connectors to the new drive along with an existing
drive.

Yes, both hard drives should be MFM, since that'w what your
controller expects.

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