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From: lou@vaxsc
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Subject: Re: Pacific Peripherals Slots?
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Date: 2 May 91 01:55:54 GMT
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In article <3ctY02B307aJ01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>, Tom Wright
<tlw00@duts.ccc.amdahl.com> writes:

>The Pacific Peripherals RAM expansion you mention is actually
>an expansion box, called the Subsystem since it lives under the A500,
>with two A2000 slots. Mine has the CBM A2052 2M RAM card and the
>Pacific Peripherals Overdrive SCSI controller card in it. They used to
>be in Fremont, California but I believe they went out of business a year
>or two ago. I upgraded the Overdrive to the autobooting version when they
>made it available and I recently replaced the Subsystem power supply (it
>fried a transistor after running hot for years) with a used PC power
>supply from Weird Stuff Warehouse for ten dollars.

I was about to ask you how you were running the A2052 in yours.  Pacific
Peripherals specifically told me that the power supply wasn't strong 
enough to handle that card, so I sent it back.  Then I read your message 
further...

Cest la' vie.

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