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- From: doug.cotton@the-spa.com (Doug Cotton)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Can I modify a 1750 to use less power?
- Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 14:24:08 -0500
- Organization: Creative Micro Designs, Inc.
- Message-ID: <doug.cotton-0801961424080001@s113.the-spa.com>
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- In article <4cobu4$7bm@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com>, jamesch@ix.netcom.com
- (James Chamblin) wrote:
-
- > In article <4coa56$nit@Slava.nord.eunet.no>,
- > scroll@nordnett.no (Ruben Spaans) wrote:
- > >I have a 1750 REU that I can't connect to my c64 because my power
- > supply
- > >isn't powerful enough. Is there any way to modify the 1750 so that it
- > >uses less power? Or do I have to buy a heavy duty power supply? (Or
- > just
- > >use the 1750 with my c128d)
- > >
- > >Ruben Spaans (Scroll/MSP)
- >
- > You could replace all the RAM with newer low powered RAM and build an
- > interface to allow the REC to communicate with them.
- > Probably be better to just buy a heavy duty power supply (or better
- > yet, get a C128)
-
- I don't know that you'll find RAM chips that draw all that much less. But
- even if you did, the big power burner in the REU is the controller chip,
- and you won't be replacing that with anything else. Just FYI.
-
-
- Doug Cotton
- E-mail: doug.cotton@the-spa.com
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