Re: how many drives on a IIc

["Mark Cummings" <figjams@primus.com.au>]

Thanks David,

I wanted to know before I purchased another Unidisk 3.5.
I don't think there will be any chance that I'd need 127 of them though :)
I'll keep the PSU loading in mind.

regards,

Mark


>The only practical limits are the power supply capacity and signal
>loading.  In general, Apple seems to recommend a limit of four drives on
>one controller, so in the case of the IIc this suggests you should be
>able to connect up to three UniDisk 3.5 drives, or two Unidisk 3.5 and
>one external 5.25" drive.
>
>Since the IIc power supply isn't very large, there might be a smaller
>limit, such as one or two external drives.
>
>There is a theoretical limit of 127 UniDisk 3.5 or other intelligent
>SmartPort devices.  The firmware may impose a smaller limit due to
>memory restrictions.