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From: amatthews@zodiac.rutgers.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: power requirements for AdIDE hd interface
Message-ID: <800.280c5837@zodiac.rutgers.edu>
Date: 17 Apr 91 14:14:14 GMT
Organization: Rutgers University Computing Services
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I just purchased the AdIDE/40 hard drive interface.  I want
to hook up a (cheap) 3 1/2" hard drive, probably the Seagate
ST157A ($199 new).  My questions are these:

1. Can the Amiga 1000 power supply comfortably power the drive
too?  I don't mean "Is it possible?", I don't want my 1000 to die in the 
middle of something really important six months down the line.  I want
to know if the supply in the 1000 is just so incredibly hefty that
it won't even sweat.
	1a.  If not, should I do something like connect the grounds
of the two supplies together?  Do I have to be sure that the a/c 
polarity is the same for both power supplies?

2.  If I can use the 1000 power supply, is there enough room inside
the amiga to fit the drive in somewhere too?