13 Oct
2005
13 Oct
'05
4:02 p.m.
The message 20051013142107.GN26521@earth.li from Jonathan McDowell noodles@earth.li contains these words:
130W for 4 hard drives, a CD/DVD-RW, a Zip 100 and an AMD 900 (wasn't that back when they ran pretty hot?) doesn't seem an awful lot. Is this a typo?
No, not a typo. I thought it was rather small myself, but it used to run:
2 × IDE HDs 2 × SCSI II HDs 2 × UW SCSI HDs Zip100 3œ" floppy 5Œ" floppy CD ROM ISA (hardware) modem Notwork card Soundcard video card
And it was put together by an experienced PC molisher with a good reputation.
I have several PSUs - two of them suspect - I think a rogue zip drive might have zapped them - and 130 watts is the beefiest.
If you want to see puny PSUs, open a Tiny...