1 Dec
2009
1 Dec
'09
12:38 p.m.
On 12/1/09, Alexandre Souza - Listas <pu1bzz.listas at gmail.com> wrote:
I do the opposite - there are many, many Zip power supplies in the
thrift stores here, marked at about $1-$2 each. They are +5VDC @ 1A
with a standard 2.1mm coax plug, and the newer ones are wee switchers
that accept 240-100VAC - I use them to power projects and kits and
such, and use them in the US, plus NZ and Europe when I travel.
Somewhere in a box, I have a Zip backpack battery - it was meant to
plug into the wall to charge, then clip to the Zip drive to power it
with your laptop. I used mine to make my SBC6120 into a portable
12-bit computer.
To me, the power supplies are much more useful than the drives.
-ethan
I've got a
ZipPlus and the parallel cable somewhere; it more or less
works, but needs a new power supply. Can't be bothered spending money on
something I'm not going to use...
This is a common 5VCC supply, you can supply it with your PC's power
supply.