PDP-11 power requirements

Dennis Boone drb at msu.edu
Thu Feb 5 15:24:48 CST 2009


 > Peripherals, on the other hand, will vary. If it's got a couple hefty
 > disks with it, it might draw a lot more. A couple large SMD disks can
 > blow a 15a breaker if you spin them all up at once.

IIRC, an RA81 disk has an inrush spec of 80 amps for a time period
measured in seconds.

Ok, so you don't want one of those anyway. :)

De


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