| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
I'd like to add a second external floppy drive to my A-500. The questions I have are: 1) will the original power supply be able to handle the extra current (I've got the additional 500k/clock option installed), 2) can I simply "daisy chain" the drive cables and 3) what do I have to do to the second drive to identify it as DF2: Dave
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2081.1 | BAGELS::BRANNON | Dave Brannon | Thu Jan 05 1989 15:33 | 13 | |
the power supply is designed to handle the 512K memory expansion
and one external disk drive. Beyond that you're on your own. Some
of the third party diskdrive vendors sell a small power supply to
provide power for a 2nd external drive. Or there are replacement
power supplies for the A500 that provide more juice than the CBM
brick.
The daisy chain will take care of selecting the second drive as
DF2: (4 select lines, the each drive grabs select line 0, and passes
the rest on, shifted down by one line)
-Dave
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| 2081.2 | 3 floppies | SKIWVA::FSCNO | Fri Jan 06 1989 13:40 | 1 | |
I screwed up. See note 2085 for a reply to this/. | |||||