From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Mar 18 10:28:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA27674 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 10:28:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.wavefront.com (daemon@ns.wavefront.com [204.73.244.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA27660 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 10:28:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ocean@wavefront.com) Received: by mail.wavefront.com (8.6.10/SMI-4.1.R931202) id MAA14310; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 12:30:42 -0600 Received: from UNKNOWN(204.73.244.214), claiming to be "wavefront.com" via SMTP by ns.wavefront.com, id smtpdAAAa14288; Wed Mar 18 18:30:34 1998 Message-ID: <35101227.A1274725@wavefront.com> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 12:27:51 -0600 From: Michael Porter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: schofiel@xs4all.nl CC: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD-R and Scanner recomendations for CD archiving of records? References: <350FC5B5.55B1@xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > The problem is the power reaching the drives, which has to be > hyper-smooth (have you ever seen the current spike on a 5V line caused > by a modern disk performing a long cross-disk seek? Think of > Everest/Buzz saw, you're along the right lines) Hmmm...Wouldn't a nice sized capacitor work well here? When I get another computer I'm going to link the P/Ss together with caps(P/S=power supply, and cap=capacitor in case you didn't know). That'll give me insurance from these things blowing out too. Since the computer will be controlling my house (when I build it starting next year :) I can't have that computer go off! I would think a couple of large caps would get rid of any transient problem (well, there is another kind of transient problem, but that's not in this discussion ;) As for the size of capacitors--come on, when was the last time the cover was on your computer?? Unless you're in a business environment, forget the cover, you'll often get better air circulation (not always) and it's easier to mess with the stuff. ( like overclocking and checking your CPU temp with your finger--come on, who's got $20 to blow on a little thermometer? I just spent $300 on my CD-R which I can't use yet because I didn't realize that FBSD doesn't support IDE CD-R yet and I don't have WinSloth95 which the drivers are for) By the way, Is anyone working of IDE CD-R support? I'll lend my drive for a couple of weeks if someone needs it. Thanks for listening to be babble, Michael Porter ocean@wavefront.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message