peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) (03/30/91)
In article <8Y5-JT@irie.ais.org> jph@ais.org (Joseph Hillenburg) writes: > Yes, but the A500 power supply could be beefed up at least a few watts. It is possible that I am incorrect, but I have been given to understand that beefing up the A500 power supply should be done with carefuly though, as the A500 motherboard is designed to closely match the available power: if you try to pull too many watts through it, it will fall down. I am reminded of a story I read about some European automobile manufacturer who steadfastly refused to streamline their low-end product. It seems that the air resistance of the car acted as an effective governor, preventing it from reaching speeds where the power train might fail. If they were to change the body style, they whould have to beef up the power train... which would not only add to the cost of the car but hurt its gas milage at lower speeds. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' <peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>.