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From: atwell@utah-cs.UUCP (Bart L. Atwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Hard disks
Message-ID: <4058@utah-cs.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 30-Nov-86 03:07:06 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 30 03:07:06 1986
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Reply-To: atwell@utah-cs.UUCP (Bart L. Atwell)
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In article <704@imagen.UUCP> turner@imagen.UUCP (D'arc Angel) writes:
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>> Add-on hard disks (for IBMs, say) are cheap since they come with no box
>> and no power supply.  Those can easily add $75 or more.
>> 
>> Could people who have attached SCSI drives tell us about this added problem?
>> 
>i assume you mean power supply, the real drain is at spin up and the
>amount of amps needed varies with the size and type of HD, my 5 1/2"
>drive uses a 5V/3A and a 12V/30A power supply, but a 3 1/4" drive i
>borrowed need much less, better to go for overkill than too little

Does this imply that if you buy the Berekeley boards and an SCSI drive,
you have to buy a separate power supply for the drive (ie.  you can't
buy a hard drive for ~$350 with built in power)?  If this is true, how hard
is it to select and connect a power supply for the new hard drive, especially
if you have little experience with that sort of thing?

Bart
atwell@utah-cs