From: kr-lund@nogarbage.online.no   
      
   Hi terry   
      
   > I recently aquired a model 1 and EI, the EI came without a powersupply,   
   > would the standard brick that came with the main unit be able to handle both   
   > the cpu unit and the EI?   
      
   There should be two bricks and they both go in the EI side by side on   
   the right side. If you think of making your own power solution you could   
   power both the EI and the "keyboard" with the same supply.   
      
   > I have no drives and thought maybe I could use 3.5inch drives, I have some   
   > dsdd disks, and the drives I have hve the drive number selector and dc/rdy   
   > jumpersanything else I need to worry about?   
   > is it possible to make a termination resistor set for the floppy drives?   
      
   You just need a straight cable (as opposed to Tandys original with pins   
   pulled). Note that the EI possibly shorts 32 and 34, if so you should   
   cut that connection. PC type 3.5" drives are terminated from before,   
   usually 10kohm (it is ok as long as you don't have a TRS-80 drive with a   
   330ohm termination in it, where the combined resistance is too low).   
   They normally need only 5V but 1A of that. Having two 3.5" drives that   
   are both terminated is how it is done on the PC, so it is ok as long as   
   the cable is not very long.   
      
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