Re: Which is recommended?

[Sandra Warnken <warnken@mother.com>]

I bought one of Buggies power supplies.  This one kicks out 220 watts.  I
attached it to the ROM 3 thats been acting up with the Focus from slot 7
and SCSI from slot 6.  I can assume now it's not the power supply.


Sandy

On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Phoenyx wrote:

> In the GS, there are problems with power supply to some slots.
> As you have found out, slot 7 may have problems, especially if
> power hungry cards are in slots before it. Originally, the II
> was not designed for internal hardware other than the i/o cards
> (for any hardware type) and the aux slot card. It is possible
> to fix this problem if you feel inclined to, but the method you
> used works just as well for the GS. For a IIe system, slot
> seven is recommended so the system will boot from it. Back in
> the day, the Vulcan HD (I think) came out with an enhanced
> power supply to get around this problem. Even though the drives
> used in the Focus are from portables, they still require a good
> amount of power, especially when they start up.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Thank you for your time and interest. I hope it was helpful
> or at least interesting.
> 
> Phoenyx,
> 
> Apple2 user since March 1984
> 
> Links to Phoenyx's pages:
> preferred..... http://zip.to/Phoenyx_A2
> alternate..... http://www.tinyangeldesigns.com/Apple2
> 
>