Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA13882; Sat, 2 Dec 95 05:05:18 EST Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA11569; Sat, 2 Dec 95 05:04:16 EST Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id AAA05039 ; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 00:28:47 -0800 Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id AAA04786 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 00:24:18 -0800 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id AAA04781 for ; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 00:24:08 -0800 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id SAA21283; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 18:55:45 GMT From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199512021855.SAA21283@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: No Thumbs??? (lack of concensus) To: julian@ref.tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 18:55:44 +0000 () Cc: dgy@rtd.com, jkh@time.cdrom.com, freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199512012303.PAA17277@ref.tfs.com> from "Julian Elischer" at Dec 1, 95 03:03:42 pm Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 570 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 041-122-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[