Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 07:52:19 +0000 From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] "English" power pack?
>Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 10:17:55 +0800 >From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] "English" power pack? > >At 07:10 PM 10/06/2002 -0700, you wrote: >>Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 19:04:49 -0700 >>From: Chester Prudhomme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: [LIB] "English" power pack? >> >>Raymond wrote: >> >> > Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 09:48:10 +0800 >> > From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Subject: Re: [LIB] "English" power pack? >> > >> > Then again it just occurs to me ... since when did cardbus CD-RW's need >> > external power packs (as opposed to drawing their power off the PC >>card)? I >> > mean thats gotta defeat the purpose of having a take-anywhere setup ... >> > >> > - Raymond >> >>Good point Raymond. But, why would it come with an external power supply? > >Well OLDER CD-ROM drives used to come with them because some notebooks >couldn't power them (my Teac 10x did for instance even though it runs fine >straight off the libby). I find it hard to understand why a Cardbus one >would need an external pack though given that you'd expect only newer >laptops would have Cardbus and that they'd have the appropriate power >circuitry. I mean, you can draw a good few hundred mA out of the PCMCIA >port of your average laptop at least (worryingly, this Teac drive recons it >needs 1.5A at 5V but I doubt its really drawing that much as it doesn't >seem to make much of a dent in my battery life) ... If you have an external PSU you can (e.g.) get proper operation if the laptop supply is a bit dodgy - some of the freecom units like an external feed. Alternatively, you can use it without the laptop to play audio CDs on (a bit radical, I know!) Neil _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
