From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 25 19:25:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA02287 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 19:25:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from brasil.moneng.mei.com (brasil.moneng.mei.com [151.186.109.160]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA02257 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 19:24:41 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jgreco@localhost) by brasil.moneng.mei.com (8.7.Beta.1/8.7.Beta.1) id VAA16194; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 21:23:43 -0600 From: Joe Greco Message-Id: <199611260323.VAA16194@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Subject: Re: Holy Moley Batman... I love ccd. and BTW, if you need 4gb d To: dkelly@hiwaay.net (David Kelly) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 21:23:43 -0600 (CST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "David Kelly" at Nov 25, 96 06:30:20 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Building the internal SCSI cable isn't going to be too hard but the > power routing looks like it could be a disaster if I try to do it > the easy way and buy bunches of 1-in-2-out power splitters. Have > seen insulation-displacement style floppy/hard drive power > connectors on some systems lately but haven't found a source. It > would be pretty easy to run a power bus with those power connectors > pressed on at each hard drive, much like the 50 pin connector on > ribbon cable for SCSI. > > Anybody know of a source of these power connectors? I think DigiKey. But you do NOT want to do this, I think! I strongly suspect that you will find that the voltage at the end of your "power bus" will be sufficiently less than the power you are feeding into it... you would be better off getting a bunch of old power supply leads, connecting them all to a 4 pole barrier strip, and feeding them that way. I am sure someone will tell me I am wrong ;-) ... JG