On 2/4/02 at 7:38 PM Malcolm Cadman wrote: >> My efforts have been thwarted by an unlikely problem: now that I am >> using a CF card instead of a 'ral' hard drive, the QL's power consumption >> is too small - in particular, it uses next to no power from the 12V line, >> which is confusing my power supply :-)
> He .. he .. trust you to be lucky :-) ... 12v and only a few volts being > used. That's Amps... or rather, milliamps. The only drain off 12V is now the RS232 driver chip. >So, the CF card is good ? Works just like a hard drive, but no noise :-) It actually takes getting used to. And it's tiny, I made my own adapter (out of one that came from Phoebus) that fits right on top of the Qubide and even takes the power for the card from the Qubide, so no cables. I think you can see a picture on Phoebus' site. Nasta
