[comp.binaries.mac] Macintosh Technical Notes - 260 NuBus Power Allocation

bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) (10/24/89)

[10/89 Macintosh Technical Notes - 260 NuBus Power Allocation]

Written by:	Rich `I See Colors' Collyer		    October 1989

This Technical  Note  discusses  a  very  real  power  limit  for  NuBus
expansion  cards  and warns developers to heed this limit lest they want
users trashing their  machines  by  overextending  the  Macintosh  power
supply.

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