#What's new?
You may recall when I received my PAR I got one of their a la carte shipments,
ie. They sent the PAR board with a Micropolis spec sheet in the main box the
next day the manual arrived via Fed Ex. then the day after the software
arrived, then the day after that the cables arrived, then I discovered the
undocumented way to format the drive then a week later I received an updated
software that contained the formatter built in. I got the cable with the GPI
trigger in one of those shipments. The cable I did get talked into paying
extra for is one that I can't use yet. <G> It is for I/O of betacam component
on the TBC IV. I understand this must be used with the option card which was
supposed to be out this month. Low priority right now since Y/C works pretty
good with the TBC IV. I think this cable also supplies GPI interface for the
TBC IV effects but haven't had a need for that yet either.
YUV on the Amiga??? This is a new one on me. Care to elaborate?
The Heat thing is definitly the PAR board. TBC IV too! I used a TEL-TRU
contact thermometer to take some direct measurements. degrees F.
PAR: 132
TBC 4 128
Micropolis drive 108
Targa+ 115
Measurements were taken on the aluminum plate and on the surface of the drive.
The targa+ used to be the hottest board in the system. FWIW I have an IDEN TBC
in my other computer and it runs at a cool 90 degrees. Years ago in
electronics 101 I remember the prof giving a lecture on circuit design and how
heat can be used to evaluate good design. Generally the hotter the design the
shorter the life of the circuit.
I have three fans in all my systems and am from the old school when it comes to
cooling. I am considering a redesign of my PAR setup to include cooling fans
on those boards. I'm just a cooling fan-atic! I thought I'd say it before
Greg P. fires up his humor on this
issue <BG>
BTW I had some temp. readings on a Seagate 1239A drive when it was new and it
was 125 degrees. About a week before it croaked it was at 170 degrees. I
figured it was about to go so I backed it up and a week later it was all
history. <g>