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Date:      Sat, 2 Dec 1995 18:55:44 +0000 ()
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        julian@ref.tfs.com (Julian Elischer)
Cc:        dgy@rtd.com, jkh@time.cdrom.com, freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: No Thumbs??? (lack of concensus)
Message-ID:  <199512021855.SAA21283@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199512012303.PAA17277@ref.tfs.com> from "Julian Elischer" at Dec 1, 95 03:03:42 pm

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Julian Elischer stands accused of saying:
> 
> I doubt your tape drive is disipating 15 Watts!
> that's 3 AMPS at 5V

It's more likely to be ~500mA@5V and ~1A@12V while rewinding.

> julian

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