Date   : Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:58:37 +0000
From   : tim.fardell@... (Tim Fardell)
Subject: Disc drive power

Sprow wrote:
> As you'd probably be using a linear regulator to get to 5V then the 4V
> difference is doing nothing but heating the air - it'd be better to start at
> a lower voltage (say 4AA) instead,
> Sprow.

I don't think 6V input would be enough for a normal regulator to 
provide 5V. You'd need one of those newfangled things that can give a 
stable 5V output from an input of anything from 2V up to 30V :-)