On 15 Aug 2010 at 17:58, Josh Dersch wrote:
So the recent discussion of static RAM and the
power consumption
thereof has lead me to figure out what the approximate rating for my
IMSAI's power supply is, before I inadvertently overload it. I have
an IMSAI manual that describes the PS-28U as having a rating of 28A on
the 7V supply, and 4.5 on the +/-13.5V supplies. Unfortunately, the
PS-28U does not appear to be the supply I have fitted in my IMSAI,
based on the component descriptions, schematics, and pictures in the
manual. I'm unable to find schematics or a manual for any other IMSAI
8080 power supply other than the PS-28U.
I think you misunderstand. I was referring to the on-board regulator
for the RAM card--but with 8 chips, you might need 100-200 mA more.
You're probably okay, unless your regulator is on the hairy edge of
failure.
--Chuck
No, no -- I understood that. I'm just curious as to the amount of
hardware the power supply in my IMSAI will reasonably support. Right
now I don't have too much installed the system (CPU, 2x8K static RAM) as
I'm just working through getting things working one board at a time.
I'm planning on expanding it a fair bit (video, I/O, floppy, more RAM).
I just don't want to overload it -- I have the 20-slot backplane... I'm
guessing loading up every slot with a 32K Static RAM card would probably
not be a good thing ;).
- Josh