Subject: Re: Shark: power for disk ...
To: Phil Nelson <phil@cs.wwu.edu>
From: Neil A. Carson <neil@causality.com>
List: port-arm32
Date: 08/20/1998 19:32:20
Phil Nelson wrote:

> I'm trying to add hard disk to a shark I have ... and have run into the problem
> of getting power to it.  I have looked over the DEC dnard web site and in
> several other places ... but have not gotten the information I need.

> I see a small 4 pin header set with white plastic around it that looks like
> a power connector but I have not been able to confirm.

> Can someone point me to the right stuff to read or let me know what is the
> right thing to do?  Thanks.

You can use that connector to power a laptop-style 2.5" hard disc, but
it doesn't provide a 12V line for bigger 3.5" ones. The two pins
connected on that connector map 1:1 with the equivalent on a 3.5" drive
power connector.

	Cheers,

	Neil

-- 
Neil A. Carson