Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!usc!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!ccwf.cc.utexas.edu From: clouds@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kathy Strong) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: IIsi drive Message-ID: <41779@ut-emx.uucp> Date: 23 Dec 90 04:45:15 GMT References: <1990Dec22.172317.7737@cs.umn.edu> Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp Reply-To: clouds@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kathy Strong) Lines: 28 In article <1990Dec22.172317.7737@cs.umn.edu> kanefsky@cs.umn.edu (Steve Kanefsky) writes: > >Be careful, because even the low-profile drives APS is selling aren't >compatable with your IIsi, because they draw too much power. They >may even void your warranty if you install them. This applies to the >Quantum ProdDrive LPS-52 and the LPS-105, and the Maxtor low-profile >drives as well. The 40 and 80 megabyte low-profile drives that Quantum >supplies to Apple *do* meet spec because of some modification that >reduces seek time, and thus power consumption (are these drives essentially >the same as the 52 and 105 megabyte drives, with 20% of them unused to reduce >seek time? Sort of like how a Wren Runner gets its speed boost?) > >See the Page 1 article in the 12/18/90 MacWeek for more details. > I read that article carefully when I first saw it, and re-read it after seeing your posting. The Classic and LC are mentioned as having power budgets lower than what the Quantum draws. The IIsi is NOT mentioned. I believe it has a higher power budget and that the low-profile Quantums (Quanta?) ARE compatible with the IIsi--but I've been known to be wrong before. Anyone have the FACTS? -- ........................................................................... : Kathy Strong : "Try our Hubble-Rita: just one shot, : : (Clouds moving slowly) : and everything's blurry" : : clouds@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu : --El Arroyo : :..........................................................................: