6 Jul
1997
6 Jul
'97
1:28 p.m.
On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Ray Stricklin wrote:
On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Sam Ismail wrote:
I've got an external 5.25" drive for a "Laser Concept 286/16 Laptop"
that
uses a DB25. (I have the drive, and the manual for the computer, but not
the computer.)
This drive gets power from the computer.
Interesting. I have an external 5.25"
floppy with a DB-25 connector and
its own power supply brick. I found the DB25 connector odd, mostly since
I've never seen an external 5.25" drive except for Apple ][s, and this
one was obviously not for Apple ][s since the later model Apple drives
used a DB15. I wonder if this is compatible with it? Or just a generic
external PC-compat drive.
IBM's own external drives used a DB37 connector. If it belongs to a PC,
I'm guessing it is for use with one specific vendor's machine. It is -possible- that it could belong to an Amiga.
AFAIR, the Amiga's
external floppy port is DB25 (mine's not in front of me at the moment),
but the A1010 external 3.5" floppy I have gets power from the computer.
The Amiga floppy port is DB23, not DB25.
I don't count myself an expert on external floppy
drives, though.
ok
-r
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca