finding cheap hardware for Linux?

[Eric Eisenhart]

On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 06:05:40PM -0800, troy wrote:
> An Intel support page lists the good 'ol 486 66 as drawing 975mA @
> 5V, slightly under the 1060 mA for the 3.3V P100
> Your inherited P60 (the last of the 5V CPU's) will draw ~ 2360mA

Wattage is what matters.  (P=I*E or Watts=Amps*Volts)

 975mA @ 5V   = 4.875 W
1060mA @ 3.3V = 3.498 W (less, not more than the first)
2360mA @ 5V   = 11.8  W (a lot)

Note that the worst of those is less than

> > I used to have a stack of 8" drives at work that were 660MB each and
> > took 2.5A at 5V and about 1.5A12V.
> 
> At least your computer room would stay warm.

12.5W and 18W.  Still not as bad as a light bulb.

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/electricity/resistance.html seems to
cover this topic nicely, including stuff I've thoroughly forgotten like the
resistor color code.
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