I do not know if you can buy these cables alone, but you could probably
construct one using a kit. Alternatively, you could purchase one of the
external hard drives that comes with one. They are similar to what you
describe except that the end that plugs into the computer has two wires
feeding into it. One wire is like you describe and goes to the hard drive
or whatever you are connecting. The other wire is a second computer style
USB plug that goes into a second USB port in your computer or bn. This way,
the one device can draw power from both ports. However, you must have the
main plug attached to make it work; just plugging in the secondary power and
not the main port does not work. I accidentally did that once and scared
myself because I thought that there was something wrong with my drive.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peggy Kern" <[email protected]>
To: "Braillenote" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Hard drive
Tell me more! I have an 80 gb Western Digital Passport drive, but the
connector is too small to plug a USB cable into it. It has a cord with a
small end that goes into the drive, and then the USB end of the cord plugs
into a computer or Apex or whatever. Is your WD drive different, or are
you connecting it in a way I'm not understanding? I'd love to be able to
use my WD with my Apex.
Peggy
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Stigile" <[email protected]>
To: "Braillenote Humanware" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 11:28 AM
Subject: [Braillenote] Hard drive
Hello All,
I have been experimenting with different drives, as well as cables to see
if I can get my Western Digital Hard drive of 500 gb to work with the
apex.
I bought a Iomega hard drive that is also 500 gb and although it will not
work with the Apex, I thought I would try something different.
The Iomega drive came with a cable, that has two usb pluggs, so I
thought, what the heck, I will see if it works with my Western Digital
hard drive.
So, low and behold, if I use the cable that has two usb plugs, with the
western digital 500 gb hard drive, it works just fine.
I just got it to show up, so I thought before I post something, I better
check it out, and yes, I was able to open a file, and read and edit it.
Since I know, that Mike Tindell and Sarai from tech support have been
trying to help me find a way to use the hard drives, I hope they see this
e-mail.
Take care,
Robert Stigile
e-mail: [email protected]
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