zabot@pompeo.dec.com (Adv.Tech.Mgr-ACT Torino) (12/15/86)
Re: re: hooking up DF2: , DF3: (now: YES , you CAN !) Yes, you can! I got TWO external drives, PANASONIC, with no external supply working since few weeks with no problems. My one are home made ( a friend of mine, not me , did it!) but there are also products available on the market (Italian company name BYTEC ) for 500$ a couple. If you're really interested let me know, and I'll try to squeeze the schema he used out of his mind! marco
stever@videovax.Tek.COM (Steven E. Rice, P.E.) (12/16/86)
In article <6926@decwrl.DEC.COM>, "marco" (zabot@pompeo.dec.com writes: > Re: re: hooking up DF2: , DF3: (now: YES , you CAN !) > > Yes, you can! I got TWO external drives, PANASONIC, with no external supply > working since few weeks with no problems. . . . Unless you consider burning up your Amiga's power supply to be a problem! Commodore representatives have stated repeatedly on the net (and in the instruction manual for the A1010 external drive) that the power supply in the Amiga is designed to handle *one* external drive, only! If you want to burn up *your* Amiga, I guess you know what you're doing, right??? But please don't encourage other people, who lack the knowledge required to make such a decision, to risk their machines! Steve Rice ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- {decvax | hplabs | ihnp4 | uw-beaver}!tektronix!videovax!stever
dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) (12/18/86)
Besides, I kind-of like the fact that my amiga can withstand brownouts that would cripple any other computer. -Matt