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In article <1992Oct4.165306.4028@spcvxb.spc.edu>, terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.) writes:
> In article <13783277@zl2tnm.gen.nz>, don@zl2tnm.gen.nz (Don Stokes) writes:
>> I've got two disk drives running in my BA23, of the elderly power-hungry
>> variety.  The power budget is knocking against the limit, but repacing
>> drives with more modern ones would pull things down quite nicely.
>  [...]
>   I have a BA123 with 3 RD54's, a TK50, a Wangtek 5150EQ tape, and an RX33 and
> have had them all running at once. 3 of the BA123's drive bays are on one PS,
> and the remaining two are on the other PS. The trick is in shuffling things
> around to balance the load. BTW, DEC's RD54's have a lower start-up current
> than stock Maxtor XT-2190's. Mine are all generic Maxtors.

Note that if you are close to the edge on power it is easy to buy a $50 generic
PC 200 W supply to run the "excess" 5-1/4 devices.  Three of them will suffice
to completely replace the twin power supplies in a BA123, should yours ever
die. 

Heck, in most places you can find used PC *cases*, power supply included, for
$50. 

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