🚀 go-pugleaf

Thank you, Doug Merritt!  Not only did you sooth the burns I suffered
from Larry Phillips flames by coming to my defense; you also allowed
me to feel sympathy and pity for my attacker:

> Ah. From that point of view, I understand the tone of your response.
> I suppose that if I fielded trouble calls from people trying to do
> unsupported things like multiple external drives, I'd probably want
> to discourage such behavior, too. People doing support usually have it
> pretty rough.

> Recommending that people do what's safe is a Good Thing in general.
> It's pity that the side effect can be to discourage people from doing
> something reasonable.
>       Doug

An excellent model of civilized discourse!  On the other hand, Chuck
McManis, whose postings I used to read no matter what the subject
line, seemed almost as rude as Larry Phillips.  What is it about the
Net that encourages such behavior?

In any case, the answers I've received so far seem to indicate that
only the power supply is at risk when using multiple external drives,
and not the computer itself.  Since I'm only looking for convenience
(not a massive backup operation of pirated software), and since I can
afford a new power supply, I'm going to give it a try.

I will NOT be buying a C= drive, though my salesman tells me the new A1010s
also use less power--clearly, they don't care about my few dollars.

--Dan