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- From: jrg@punch (James R. Goble)
- Subject: Re: HELP -- power supply amps
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.173729.1323@speedy.aero.org>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:37:29 GMT
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- In article <1js9boINNf7m@savoy.cc.williams.edu> 93kwt@williams.edu (Wayne
- Thomas) writes:
- >
- > The power supply in my SE/30 is dead, and I would like to replace it
- > with the small power supply out of a decommissoned (read:useless)
- > Leading Edge XT in my office, not only because this is cheap but
- > because the size of the Leading Edge supply will allow me to stay in
- > my Mac case. However, the -5v output of the Leading Edge supply is
- > about 1 amp lower than the current output of the SE/30 ps (the rest of
- > the leads provide way more than the amps provided by the Mac supply,
- > as one would expect). Does anyone out there know about the minimum
- > amps needed by an SE/30 board (and hard drive), or know where I can
- > look this up?
- >
- > Thanks in advance,
- >
- > Wayne
-
- Sorry Wayne,
-
- Even if the Leading Edge power supply provided all of the power you need
- you couldn't use it. I think the SE/30 includes the screen driver on the
- power supply board. The Leading Edge is just a power supply.
-