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Re: Trouble with Apple //e & Unidisk 3.5 & 4mhz. ZIP chip
In <1dyz3s8.25kcvy4w89kwN@dempson.actrix.gen.nz>,
dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) writes:
>Ed Hillman <ehillman@erinet.com> wrote:
>
>> Any ideas out there?
>
>Another comment: you have an awful lot of cards in there. Do you have a
>heavy duty power supply? You might be running into a loading problem on
>one of the power rails. Try pulling every card except the Duodisk and
>UniDisk 3.5, and put the ZIP back in.
>
Yes, I thought the power supply was a likely culprit. I had a problem
with another accelerator causing crashes (it was a McT SpeeDemon) and it
turned out that the power supply simply couldn't meet the extra demand.
You could go the Bugg Power external route, or MC Price Breakers has a
6 amp drop in PS for $27.95 with a 2 year warranty.
Louis