At 12:43 -0800 11/20/09, PAR wrote: >I have a Buslink model FDD1 I want to use as an external usb floppy >drive with my G4 gigabit ethernet. I can't figure out which adapter to >use. I have two that fit -- a 9 v, 800 MA, and a 3V, 300 MA. Anyone >use this drive and know which adapter to use? Unfortunately, few >makers put the same name on their products and the adapter. >Paul Riemerman > >-- >You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for >those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power >Macs. >The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette >guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
<http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Comp/comp.os.cpm/2007-08/msg00189.html> >Jeffrey W. Shook wrote: > >Tom Lake wrote: >"Barry Watzman" <watzmannos...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message >news:46aa1656$0$30678$4c368...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Got your attention, didn't I? > >Sorry for the [only slightly] misleading subject line. > >The Buslink FDD1 3.5" USB floppy drive ***IS*** a standard 3.5" floppy drive, >with an easily accessible 34-pin ribbon cable, in a case with a USB to floppy >controller. Will it work with a 5.25" drive? I don't know yet, but it's the >first time we have found a 3.5" USB floppy that isn't "integrated" and that >consists of a USB to floppy controller with a standard 34-pin interface. > > >On the back of the BUSLink there's a jack for external power. There's no >indication of what voltage or wattage needed nor any mention of it at all in >the manual. I would like to power it without straining the USB port. Would >you have any idea what this might require? > >Tom Lake > > >Hello Tom, > >I e-mailed BusLink and asked them that question. The reply was: > >DC Output: 12V - 2A for external power adapter. > >Later I took my FDD1 apart and found that the power jack is connected to an >AMS2910 5.0 voltage regulator. So I suspect that any voltage between 8 and 12 >volts would probably work. In a few days when I am done experimenting with it >I will report what I found out about it. > >Jeffrey W. Shook >. Since the device runs on USB power optionally the requirement has to be 5 volts internal at less than 0.5 amperes. -- --> From the U S of A, the only socialist country that refuses to admit it. <-- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
