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Re: Show & Tell

Subject: Re: Show & Tell
From: "sfahey" <sfahey@a2central.com.remove-b8j-this>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:47:55 -0500
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  To: Michael J. Mahon
  Re: Re: Show & Tell
  By: Michael J. Mahon to comp.sys.apple2 on Mon Jun 15 2009 11:18 pm

 > In fact, none of these cards even *uses* the +12v on the slot--they just
 > bypass it (or not).  Maybe they thought they should try to compensate
 > for some extra noise that the some drive motors induced on the +12v
 > line...

I believe this is correct, considering IDE drives of the era weren't yet truly
interoperable, and the Vulcan isn't truly a 100% IDE interface.

Sean Fahey
www.a2central.com
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