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From: vsnyder@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Van Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Hard Drive Power Supply Info Needed
Message-ID: <1991Feb10.093208.8148@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 10 Feb 91 09:32:08 GMT
References: <6914@bgsuvax.UUCP> <1991Feb10.001820.7033@santra.uucp>
Reply-To: vsnyder@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Van Snyder)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <1991Feb10.001820.7033@santra.uucp> s37837k@saha.hut.fi (Jari Lehto) writes:
>In article <6914@bgsuvax.UUCP> jbernat@bgsuvax.UUCP (Jim Bernatowicz) writes:
>>
>>I will be building an external hard drive setup for my computer very
>>soon.  I am in the market for a case with a power supply to house
>>the drive(s)...
>>Jim Bernatowicz  (jbernat@andy.bgsu.edu)
>
>I have two ST296Ns, they are fedd by a 65W power-supply.
>Remember to shield the power-supply with metal and use thick enough
>cables... 
>... 150W powers are quite expensive!
>			Jartsu
>
Just use an IBM/PC power supply.  Looking in PC WEEK, one sees 230W power
supplies for ~$55 US.  PC cases are also lots cheaper than special disk
cases, and have places in them for power supply, several disks, etc.  You
might even get a better deal if you buy case & power supply at once.

van = vsnyder@jato.jpl.nasa.gov

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