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Re: Laptop IDE versus standard IDE

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Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 14:46:37 -0500 (CDT)

On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Tim Gray wrote:

> Great!  I found that jameco is selling a dc to dc converter that also
> uses/charges betteries that give you +5 and +12 volts, with little power
> waste (Being designed for battery systems)  it's their part number 109276
> and is unfortunately on closeout.
> it also gives a -26 volt. they say it also delivers 350vac but the
> technical sheet doesn't mention that voltage at the pin-outs. it takes a
> 16VDC max input for charge/operate. looks like a switching supply but is
> tiny for delivering 3.75 amps at the 5volt side.

Thanks for the tip! I think I'm going to go with either a standard m/b
(for economy's sake) or an Advantech m/b (better price/feature ratio)
instead of the Jameco m/b, but this PSU was exactly what I was
needing--and at the right price, too.

> 
> I'll do some power testing to see how much it wastes in heat.
> 
FWIW, the specs mentioned an 85% effeciency rate, so it should be pretty
good.

Paul Archer

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